Deutsche Bahn still relies on systems with Windows 3.11, which was released almost 30 years ago. This is at least proven by a job advertisement in which the company is looking for a suitable IT administrator.
It is not unusual that companies today still rely on operating systems such as Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. In particular, systems that do not require much maintenance and carry out their tasks without any problems despite the outdated software are often forgotten during regular update cycles. After all, when installing a new version, IT administrators not only have to worry about the fact that there are no longer any drivers for the installed components, but they also worry that the system will no longer perform the tasks assigned to it properly after the update. However, if something happens at some point, there is a lot of screaming. The employee responsible for setting up and maintaining the system is usually already retired, so a replacement needs to be found as quickly as possible. Deutsche Bahn is now apparently in this difficult situation.
IT administrator for Windows 3.11
This is loud PC world at least from a job description that has since been deleted. The federally owned railway company or a company that cooperates with it was looking for an IT administrator with Windows 3.11 knowledge. Explosive: Windows 3.11 is an operating system that Microsoft released almost 30 years ago as an update for Windows 3.1, which was released in 1992. The most important innovations of the latter operating system included, among other things, support for TrueType fonts and the OLE interface. In addition to “Drag and Drop”, Microsoft introduced the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl + X, Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V for cutting, copying and pasting, which are still used today. In terms of graphics, Windows 3.1 supported color depths of up to 32 bits.
Sibas knowledge is an advantage
The advertisement listed the main tasks of the job as updating drivers and maintaining legacy systems and their interfaces to the vehicle control system. Under the “required knowledge” it was said that the perfect candidate must be familiar with “Sibas” in addition to Windows 3.1. The abbreviation stands for “Siemens Railway Automation System”, which was developed by the company of the same name in the mid-1980s. Erlangen was named as the location. Since Siemens has a large branch there, the German conglomerate was probably behind the job offer.
