Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoGerman railway seeks IT admin to manage MS-DOS and Windows 3.11 systemswww.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square216fedilinkarrow-up1590arrow-down112
arrow-up1578arrow-down1external-linkGerman railway seeks IT admin to manage MS-DOS and Windows 3.11 systemswww.techspot.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square216fedilink
minus-squareSharkAttak@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoNot to mention when you want to change the entire system it becomes a huge operation and problem.
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoMassive risk to that change too. So many people don’t understand how risk informs everything a business does. What cost is there to a given system being down for one hour? A day? Any regulations around it? Often it’s better to pay a known quantity up front than risk potential outages where you can’t predict all the downstream affects.
Not to mention when you want to change the entire system it becomes a huge operation and problem.
Massive risk to that change too.
So many people don’t understand how risk informs everything a business does.
What cost is there to a given system being down for one hour? A day? Any regulations around it?
Often it’s better to pay a known quantity up front than risk potential outages where you can’t predict all the downstream affects.