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Japan's government finally says goodbye to floppy disks (www.bbc.co.uk)
submitted 1 year ago by Espiritdescali@futurology.today to c/futurology@futurology.today
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[–] Espiritdescali@futurology.today 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Shocking how long it takes to move away from old technology. COBOL is another example

[–] Kerb@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago

some people realy turn "never touch a running system" into some holy gospel.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 1 points 1 year ago

I mean TBF there's a reason people aren't moving away from COBOL. It does what it needs to do better than other alternatives.

[–] Thade780@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Are they moving to Zip drives?