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Re:Boeing 747s receive software updates over floppy disks by bserge on Monday August 10, 2020 @03:55PM (#24113335)
Sounds like a nice, no-frills tool that does its job!
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Re:Boeing 747s receive software updates over floppy disks by jermaustin1 on Monday August 10, 2020 @04:05PM (#24113419)
It was meant to be a temporary solution until the online payments module was developed by the vendor. Yet, here we are in 2020 and that module still hasn't been delivered. And no one who worked there initially is even around any longer.

If I'm not mistaken, we even gave them our code back in 2009 or 2010.

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Re:Boeing 747s receive software updates over floppy disks by bserge on Monday August 10, 2020 @04:08PM (#24113446)
"A good temporary fix will become a permanent solution" :D
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Re:Boeing 747s receive software updates over floppy disks by james_s_tayler on Monday August 10, 2020 @06:58PM (#24115113)
Software Engineering Life Pro Tip:

s/for now/forever

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