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Stumbled across a job posting on a major job website. System Administrator for - wait for it - a Windows 2000/2003 network including Exchange 2000/2003.

Okay, I think, this isn’t right, there’s GOT to be a mistake or something. I go directly to the company website and look it up there.

O. M. G. There’s no mistake. That’s the actual position.

If that isn’t scary enough, this is a major, publicly-traded corporation that does government sponsored managed health care services.

And people wonder why there are data breaches…

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The NHS still uses Windows XP and only woke up to the threat after they got hit by ransomware to a big portion of their systems

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On the one hand, I agree with the security concerns ENTIRELY.

On the other hand, sounds like easy money…

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So who applied for it?

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they probably lost their IT guy and the HR admin posted the job listing from last time they hired IT. Nobody on hand to review the posting properly.

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I can see this as “viable” ONLY if this is some kind of separated network that has no internet connectivity and is specific to something like certain heavy equipment.

But then I see Exchange and thank $DEITY I’m not job hunting…

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If you’re looking for a temp gig to last a few weeks while you get other things sorted in life, this would be perfect!

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Probably the 40% of IT workers who are dusting off their 20 year old MCSAs, after waiting for this moment all their lives.

Also the members of the community who continue typing “M$” as if it’s the height of comedy and cleverness, and not a cliche that’s been overdone for 30+ years. Or the ones who feel the need to explain that their philosophy in life is K.I.S.S. as if nobody has ever heard it before.

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Unless it is a Windows NT environment with Exchange 5.5, I’m not throwing my hat in the ring :wink:

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I still see Windows XP machines in doctors offices and other places it shouldn’t be. Those other places would be anywhere with a network connection.

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Worse yet, they’re probably still using CPUs made out of silicon.

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Nah just using CPUs with Hyper Threading.

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You can just shush it right there, Mister! My MCSE is only 23 years old! At least it can legally drink with me now :wink:

@weirdfish

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There might be a lot of non-IT people in the management or a weak IT management team.

Usually they might be “bullied” by application vendors who charge them huge amounts to maintain or even more to update their software leaving them with little budget to upgrade other systems. So they maybe stuck with some legacy systems in the pipeline for upgrades that have older email requirements as well.

Then people usually take email systems as a “not broken do not fix” and/or a “cost center” system that have no value-add other than costs (server, storage, backup costs).

Then when combined with virtualization, there do not seem to be a need to update or upgrade certain systems as server 2000 or server 2003 can literally run forever on VMware ESXi or Hyper-V servers…as compared to physical servers …without the need to change OS when you get new hardware.

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Scary only for the weak who can’t handle to live on the edge

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That’s not good. Wonder if the last sys admin left because the higher ups weren’t allowing upgrades?

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This isn’t a tiny company that had only one IT guy. It’s a multi-state corporation that handles health insurance for millions of people and the job is located at corporate headquarters.

Certainly not me, I can tell you that much.

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I can’t even remember stuff that far back.

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That has the ring of truth to it.

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Very interesting job posting. When I brush up from reading my Mark Minasi Windows Server 2000/2003 book I’ll let you know how it goes.

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