It looks as if the best way of avoiding the CrowdStrike drama was to run Windows 3.1 all along

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All thanks to Windows 3.1.

No, you read that correctly, and it’s not a joke.

There are still companies out there using Windows 3.1. I know.

So that’s the answer then, right?

That OS is Windows 95 .

Presumably breaking out the smug face.

Presumably at least a few high ranking executives at Southwest were pulling a “Jeremy Clarkson."

While there’s certainly a funny side to this story, obviously, the CrowdStrike problem was anything but.

“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”

It looked like it was built for DOS.

I wouldn’t recommend anyone runs Windows 3.1 as a daily driver.