Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoGerman railway seeks IT admin to manage MS-DOS and Windows 3.11 systemswww.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square212fedilinkarrow-up1862
arrow-up1862external-linkGerman railway seeks IT admin to manage MS-DOS and Windows 3.11 systemswww.techspot.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square212fedilink
minus-squareSharkAttak@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 months agoNot to mention when you want to change the entire system it becomes a huge operation and problem.
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 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.