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Today one of my major programs at work went belly up because Flash is dead.
They used Flash? Seriously?
I understand Adobe pulling support, I understand Adobe waving it's arms for *years* saying "Hey! End of support coming up!"
What I *don't* understand is them placing a logic bomb inside Flash so it shuts down my browser.
*gggrrrr*
And what I *don't* understand is why our suppliers didn't fix this problem BEFORE IT BECAME A PROBLEM.
I *do* understand my work place using older software and hardware. There are still places where Windows XP is still being used - offline of course. We're still using a *lot* of Windows 7 - again, I understand because Windows 10 SUCKS. And it would probably break mission critical software. We're a broadcasting station - why would we want Candy Crush loaded up into our mission critical systems?
Sheeesh.
-m
They used Flash? Seriously?
I understand Adobe pulling support, I understand Adobe waving it's arms for *years* saying "Hey! End of support coming up!"
What I *don't* understand is them placing a logic bomb inside Flash so it shuts down my browser.
*gggrrrr*
And what I *don't* understand is why our suppliers didn't fix this problem BEFORE IT BECAME A PROBLEM.
I *do* understand my work place using older software and hardware. There are still places where Windows XP is still being used - offline of course. We're still using a *lot* of Windows 7 - again, I understand because Windows 10 SUCKS. And it would probably break mission critical software. We're a broadcasting station - why would we want Candy Crush loaded up into our mission critical systems?
Sheeesh.
-m
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Considering I've built three computers from parts pulled from a skip, and half a workshop built from 'reclaimed' timber, yup.. nothing at all! One man's trash is another man's treasure.
Just you don't normally find bank employees doing it on company time. But with no other way of getting the parts...