[sillyquiet]

I started a few years after you, around about 2003. There were certainly pockets of industry that still operated exactly the same as the article described, especially defense and aerospace.

Which makes sense, given working in embedded hardware (especially in classified contexts) back then came with a lot of the same limitations described in the article - software had to be delivered by sneaker-net, installation was burdensome, you couldn't just fire up the application for a quick bug fix at home, etc. Not to mention the inertia of having Always Done It That Way.