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Re:Apparently, employers are still asking for Windows 95 and... by TrevorBurnham on Friday June 25, 2010 @10:44PM (#1462951)
OK, the support ones make some sense, but I'm baffled by the one that wants experience with Matlab and Windows 95. Who uses Matlab under Windows 95 today? A scientific organization that hasn't been able to buy new hardware for more than a decade?
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Re:Apparently, employers are still asking for Windows 95 and... by ramchip on Saturday June 26, 2010 @01:29AM (#1463177)
Assuming it's on the same machine: perhaps they have an instrument which runs on Windows 95 and they do some light data processing, or use Matlab to make it interoperate with another device?

We've had a similar need in my lab, although it was Windows 2000. We buy new machines alright, but some instruments can't be easily upgraded due to the computer being integrated with it, the drivers being proprietary and specific to the OS, etc.

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Re:Apparently, employers are still asking for Windows 95 and... by eru on Friday June 25, 2010 @11:31PM (#1463024)
Who says they that they are using Windows 95 and Matlab on the same machine?
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