[dayglored]

> I haven’t heard if any Apple-Based systems were affected............. ...

Only reasonably recent versions of Windows were affected.

No impact whatsoever on Linux or MacOS.

And no impact on REALLY OLD Windows. See Southwest Airlines, who kept running all their flights just fine:

...because their critical systems run on Windows 3.1 and Windows 95

That's true.

[Red Badger]

I made a remark about that situation years and years ago when MS began new versions and newer versions, I think Windows 98 was current at the time.

I said something to the effect, Why would I want to trade in my old OS that has all the bugs worked out for a new one that has more bugs in it? Seems to me that hackers would all ignore the old software and be attacking the newer software...............

[Red Badger]

We have a couple of Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 and 98 computers here that have old but reliable software on them........

[pas]

Or any windows machine not running CrowdStrike.

[dennisw]

Wrong.... so says Perplexity
https://www.perplexity.ai/search/southwest-airlines-who-kept-ru-WJvGA.QVTk2sDoKxnquyBA

>>>>>>> Southwest Airlines was largely unaffected by the recent CrowdStrike outage that impacted many other airlines and organizations.

However, the claim that this was due to Southwest running Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 is unfounded and appears to be based on misinformation.
The rumor seems to have originated from a misinterpretation of earlier reports about Southwest’s in-house crew scheduling applications looking outdated, which some likened to Windows 95-era software.

There is no credible evidence that Southwest actually runs its critical systems on Windows 3.1 or Windows 95.

While Southwest did experience fewer disruptions compared to other airlines during this incident, the exact reasons for this are not publicly known and are not related to running decades-old operating systems.