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that none have chosen "ultra conservative". Those people are still writing their code in Borland C++/Turbo C++ for DOS. They still haven't gotten a decent browser to be able to answer this poll. 
Sonorked as well: 100.13197 jorgen
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LOL
Good one Jörgen
Nish
Nish was here, now Nish has gone;
He left his soul, to turn you on;
Those who knew Nish, knew him well;
Those who didn't, can go to hell.
I like to ![Jig | [Dance]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/jig.gif) on the Code Project
Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain
www.busterboy.org
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It's the truth! I swear!
A year ago I taught computer science at the University of Karlstad. Three out of a hundred students was displeased with our choice of lab operating systems - Linux and Windows NT.
Me: "What do you wan't instead? Macintosh? OS/2?"
They: "We want DOS. It's faster and better."
Me: "So you don't want virtual memory, memory protection and all other nice services these operating systems provide you?"
They: "Nope, that's just hogging the resources."
This was during lab hours. I went back to the office to have a big strong cup of coffee. Aren't the kids/young people supposed embrace NEW technology and enhance them when they "grow" up??? You know, to get the wheel spinning.
I later found out that there is a web browser for DOS called Arachnia or something like that (which these students used). At the time, it did not support javascript, css, or anything fancy. I don't think it even rendered tables then. Given the amount of DOS users/developers out there, I estimate they'll have an enough powerful browser to actually use Codeproject at around 2012.
(I have to admit though that I use DOS occasionally to play old games such as Monkey Island. VMWare 3 + FreeDOS is a excellent combo when you're feeling retro  )
Sonorked as well: 100.13197 jorgen
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People at the bank are ultra conservative... our system is written in COBOL 
Mauricio Ritter - Brazil
Sonorking now: 100.13560 Trank
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I know of ATM's running DOS and GUI written in either Turbo Pascal or Turbo C++.
1) I know it's DOS because it rebooted just in front of me!
2) It must have been written in TP or TC++. I can spot BGI a mile away.. 
This was like 2 years ago. These machines have been replaced by Windows NT based machines. Did it get any better? No. Believe it or not, but the ATM is so "lagged", it sometimes ignores my key presses as if the CPU was under heavy load.
Where's the good old days when the ATM's worked and the screen lit up in a lovely green color?
Sonorked as well: 100.13197 jorgen
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Now, that is what I call a proffesional at work...
5/5 Chris
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