Although most do not know, millions of people fly every day thanks to a software that works in flushin computers with Windows 95. The technology of 30 years ago remains majority in some sectors.
The Federal Aviation Administration of the United States (FAA) He has announced a plan to eliminate the old computers of the 90s of the airports in four years, but experts believe it is impossible for that period to be fulfilled.
The Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, is clear: «This is the most important infrastructure project that we have had in this country in decades. Everyone agrees – this is not partisan. Everyone knows that we have to do it.»
Why it is so difficult to eliminate airport disks
Perhaps it may seem third world that critical infrastructures such as airports or control towers work that technology of the 90s. But it has its logic.
Precisely because they are critical elements of society, They need to use hardware y software that has been tested for years, and is considered reliable. You cannot mount computers with Apple M4 or Intel Core Ultra processor in a nuclear power plant, for example, for an unexpected bug that nobody had seen, and a break occurs.
Another advantage is that being old computer equipment, Modern malware does not work in themso they are safer. These are the reasons why the computers that assemble the spacecraft traveling to the moon, use processors of 10 or 15 years ago.
Despite the advantages, there comes a time when it is increasingly complicated to repair or find pieces for hardware 30 years ago, and the software that works under Windows 95 becomes increasingly difficult to maintain or expand.
As explained NPRin most airports and control towers of the United States not only disks and Windows 95 are used on a day -to -day basis, but even Information from one computer to another is copied using paper lists.
The modernization project, called Modern Skies (modern skies) is very complicated to implement. First, it is necessary to try the software for months or years before introducing it into the terminals, since You can’t have a single bug. Any small failure could cost the closure of airports or, worse, human lives.
Another important problem is that it is not about turning off the computers, removing them and placing the new ones, for the simple reason that Airports and control towers work 24 hours a day. They cannot turn off.
It is a work that will cost years and billions of dollars, but the federal aviation administration is willing, once and for all, to end the use of flush y Windows 95. Good luck…
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