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

submitted 5 months ago by manucode@infosec.pub to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 15 points 5 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

[–] blackris@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

As a german I can't remember, when I used a fax the last time. I think, I have sent two or three faxes in my whole life and that was long ago. But while I am pretty sure, some administrations still use that shit, I cannot imagine, anyone in Germany used a floppy after the 90th. Maybe some retro freaks or an ancient tecnological device that resist to die. But that would really be an exemption.

Fucking excel sheets, though …

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