Earlier quoted context omitted.
Nope, they're all running on Rails.
Don't tell us, you're here all week?
What can I say, they walked right into that one...
Deutsche Bahn is looking for Win 3.11 admin
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Re: Deutsche Bahn is looking for Win 3.11 admin
#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's still state-run, and 90% of the reason why Deutsche Bahn AG is in such a sorry state is the German government. Want to see privatization done right? Look no further than Germany's southern neighbour.
SBB isn't privatized. It's 100% state owned.
...just like Deutsche Bahn.
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
> After 30 years or privatization, Deutsche Bahn might be broken beyond repair. Well, it's cheaper than state run. And that comes at a cost.
It's still state-run, and 90% of the reason why Deutsche Bahn AG is in such a sorry state is the German government. Want to see privatization done right? Look no further than Germany's southern neighbour.
In Czechia, the track (much like the highways) is managed by a state corporation, while the trains themselves are partly state-owned, partly private.
From my 25 years of commuting experience, the results are decidedly mixed:
* the track-managing state corporation, Správa železnic, is a shitshow that causes a lot of unnecessary delays by just ignoring needs of passengers and cargo companies alike; true bureaucrats,
* the highway-managing state corporation, Ředitelství silnic a dálnic, is very well managed by the latest director (Mátl) and really kicked off many projects in last years, which is notable in a very NIMBY-friendly country like Czechia,
* the state-owned railway company, České dráhy, used to be terrible, but competition forced it into providing quite decent services within last 10 years or so.
* the two main private competitors, Leo Express and Regiojet, are now visibly cash-strapped (esp. Regiojet), so the overall level of service has stagnated for several years. High costs of traction electricity don't help either. As of today, there isn't really a qualitative difference between boarding state-owned or privately-owned trains.
Re: Deutsche Bahn is looking for Win 3.11 admin
#24This is probably for working on Siemens' Sibas 32 family of products. This ia a large product range for their rail portfolio. You're not going to change the break control driver system on a high speed train unless absolutely required. The oldest OS that qualifies for interacting with these systems seems to be Windows 3.11, so it seems knowledge of such a system would be part of the requirements of a field engineer, just like knowledge of first aid is a requirement even though in theory you are only going to touch a keyboard, but interfacing with high-power electrical systems can have serious physical consequences.
For a taste you can read through https://www.scribd.com/document/442402647/5A-Monitor-prog-Si...
Re: Deutsche Bahn is looking for Win 3.11 admin
#25This is probably for working on Siemens' Sibas 32 family of products. This ia a large product range for their rail portfolio. You're not going to change the break control driver system on a high speed train unless absolutely required. The oldest OS that qualifies for interacting with these systems seems to be Windows 3.11, so it seems knowledge of such a system would be part of the requirements of a field engineer, j…
> The oldest OS that qualifies for interacting with these systems seems to be Windows 3.11, so it seems knowledge of such a system would be part of the requirements of a field engineer
Working with it, yes. Developing for it? Completely different game, as you'll have almost zero chance to use anything modern, and that includes the tooling.
Re: Deutsche Bahn is looking for Win 3.11 admin
#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
> After 30 years or privatization, Deutsche Bahn might be broken beyond repair. Well, it's cheaper than state run. And that comes at a cost.
It's still state-run, and 90% of the reason why Deutsche Bahn AG is in such a sorry state is the German government. Want to see privatization done right? Look no further than Germany's southern neighbour.
given the power of the car lobby in germany,
if i were a conspiracy theorist, id say its deliberate mismanagement
to nudge people into using cars.
Re: Deutsche Bahn is looking for Win 3.11 admin
#27shame!
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
> After 30 years or privatization, Deutsche Bahn might be broken beyond repair. Well, it's cheaper than state run. And that comes at a cost.
It's still state-run, and 90% of the reason why Deutsche Bahn AG is in such a sorry state is the German government. Want to see privatization done right? Look no further than Germany's southern neighbour.
As you allude to, whether it's a public service or a publicly owned corporation is probably less important.
Switzerland just pays four times as much per capita for railway infrastructure.
And of course, it's small: a bit more than a tenth of the area, a tenth of the total operated railway length, a tenth of the population. There are economies of scale, but also system complexity that scales super linearly. Afaict, a train that takes four hours from start to finish is on the long side in Switzerland, not so much in Germany.
But I'm not saying that financing and management aren't the main problems. The current CEO of SBB has a background in computer science and railway transport. Many of the DB CEOs in the past 25 years had an MBA and a career in air travel.
Re: Deutsche Bahn is looking for Win 3.11 admin
#29This is probably for working on Siemens' Sibas 32 family of products. This ia a large product range for their rail portfolio. You're not going to change the break control driver system on a high speed train unless absolutely required. The oldest OS that qualifies for interacting with these systems seems to be Windows 3.11, so it seems knowledge of such a system would be part of the requirements of a field engineer, j…
> The oldest OS that qualifies for interacting with these systems seems to be Windows 3.11, so it seems knowledge of such a system would be part of the requirements of a field engineer Working with it, yes. Developing for it? Completely different game, as you'll have almost zero chance to use anything modern, and that includes the tooling.
People are building Amiga applications as well as games and scene demos for much older 8-bit home computers with modern development tools. Even if Windows 3.1 doesn't quite have the same enthusiast following I would expect that it's possible with a bit of reverse engineering and tinkering (especially since Win3.1 is still quite small and simple).
TL;DR: I wouldn't be surprised if it's harder to support Win8 today than Win3.1 ;)
Re: Deutsche Bahn is looking for Win 3.11 admin
#30This is probably for working on Siemens' Sibas 32 family of products. This ia a large product range for their rail portfolio. You're not going to change the break control driver system on a high speed train unless absolutely required. The oldest OS that qualifies for interacting with these systems seems to be Windows 3.11, so it seems knowledge of such a system would be part of the requirements of a field engineer, j…
> The oldest OS that qualifies for interacting with these systems seems to be Windows 3.11, so it seems knowledge of such a system would be part of the requirements of a field engineer Working with it, yes. Developing for it? Completely different game, as you'll have almost zero chance to use anything modern, and that includes the tooling.
> you'll have almost zero chance to use anything modern
If you're developing for an embedded system, you may not want to use anything "modern".