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Japan declares victory in effort to end government use of floppy disks (japantoday.com)

submitted 4 months ago by manucode@infosec.pub to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 15 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Imagine if Germany tried to do this. So much crucial infrastructure would simply collapse. Bureaucracy everywhere in Germany is based on and hinges on technologies from the past millennium: floppy disks, FAX etc. Jesus

[–] nicerdicer@feddit.org 6 points 4 months ago

Jesus only in Bavaria. But otherwise you're right.

An anecdote: Back when I was studying we had the opportunity to gain a temporary full version of a specialised software. All there was to do was to proof that one is a legit student. We had to submit our proof of enrollment to the software's manufacturer. The only way to do so was to submit it via fax! It coldn't be done with email, as they told us on the telephone hotline. The software was a German product. We already have been overtaken by the rest of the world (regarding the IT sector).

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