And often it’s not really true. Sure, the front end is shiny, but more often than not the back end is still some creaky old mainframe grinding away in some cave in Oklahoma.
It does make me chuckle when newbs say “it’s like DOS!”, as if all computing began with that (and I’m assuming they’re talking about MSDOS).
Have you gotten a chance to play with the new system yet? It’s pretty nice. A good part of Flight Operations is already using it but when it gets “gen pop” there’s going to be caterwauling, cheese moving, gnashing of teeth and Belter protests. Ha! )