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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://wandering.shop/users/cstross/statuses/113883280085385781">Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Friday, 24-Jan-2025 21:16:45 JST</a><a href="https://wandering.shop/@cstross" title="cstross@wandering.shop"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/35284-48-20230405092346.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Charlie Stross" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Charlie Stross</a><div><a href="https://mastodon.social/@bison/113883209809545503" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a><ul><li><li><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/user/103663" title="bison@mastodon.social">bison ✅</a></li></ul></div></section><article><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@bison">@bison</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/@NanoRaptor">@NanoRaptor</a> vim was released in 1991. There are plenty of running UNIX systems that are nearly 20 years older (on eg. PDP-11s). But that's nothing compared to banking IT systems running COBOL bookkeeping applications that go back to the early 60s or late 50s. And possibly some of the original SABRE code from 1960 is still running? </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabre_(travel_reservation_system)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabre_(travel_reservation_system)</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4439120#notice-8685563">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-01-24T21:16:45+09:00" title="Friday, 24-Jan-2025 21:16:45 JST">about 6 days ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://wandering.shop/@cstross/113883280085385781" rel="external" title="Sent from wandering.shop via ActivityPub">wandering.shop</a></span></span><a href="https://wandering.shop/@cstross/113883280085385781">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>No result found on File_thumbnail lookup.</div><h5><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabre_(travel_reservation_system)">Sabre (travel reservation system)</a></h5><div></div></header><div>Sabre Global Distribution System, owned by Sabre Corporation, is a travel reservation system used by travel agents and companies to search, price, book, and ticket travel services provided by airlines, hotels, car rental companies, rail providers and tour 
operators. Originally developed by American Airlines under CEO C.R. Smith with the assistance of IBM in 1960, the booking service became available for use by external travel agents in 1976 and became independent of the airline in March 2000.Overview
The system's parent company is organized into three business units:Sabre Travel Network: global distribution system
Sabre Airline Solutions: airline technology
Sabre Hospitality Solutions: hotel technology solutions
Sabre is headquartered in Southlake, Texas, and has many employees in various locations around the world.History
The name of the travel reservation system is an abbreviation for "Semi-automated Business Research Environment", and was originally styled in all-capital letters as SABRE. It was developed to automate the way American Airlines...</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Friday, 24-Jan-2025 21:16:45 JSTCharlie Stross
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@bison @NanoRaptor vim was released in 1991. There are plenty of running UNIX systems that are nearly 20 years older (on eg. PDP-11s). But that's nothing compared to banking IT systems running COBOL bookkeeping applications that go back to the early 60s or late 50s. And possibly some of the original SABRE code from 1960 is still running?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabre_(travel_reservation_system)
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  Sabre (travel reservation system)
  Sabre Global Distribution System, owned by Sabre Corporation, is a travel reservation system used by travel agents and companies to search, price, book, and ticket travel services provided by airlines, hotels, car rental companies, rail providers and tour operators. Originally developed by American Airlines under CEO C.R. Smith with the assistance of IBM in 1960, the booking service became available for use by external travel agents in 1976 and became independent of the airline in March 2000. Overview The system's parent company is organized into three business units: Sabre Travel Network: global distribution system Sabre Airline Solutions: airline technology Sabre Hospitality Solutions: hotel technology solutions Sabre is headquartered in Southlake, Texas, and has many employees in various locations around the world. History The name of the travel reservation system is an abbreviation for "Semi-automated Business Research Environment", and was originally styled in all-capital letters as SABRE. It was developed to automate the way American Airlines...

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