«We won the war on floppy disks»: Japan repealed 1034 rules requiring the use of floppy disks
Japan — is not only about state-of-the-art high-speed trains and self-cleaning toilets. The flip side of progress was that the country’s regulations required government agencies to use flexible magnetic disks known as floppy disks. It looks like Japan’s Digital Agency has finally put an end to this anachronism.
Floppy disks are not giving up. In San Francisco, trains are run on a floppy disk system that should last at least another 10 years
In San Francisco, in the heart of Silicon Valley, the public has been really alarmed by an automated train control system that runs on floppy disks (yes, those floppy disks). The head of the local transportation company added fuel to the fire with his fears of a «catastrophic error» risk, as the system had already served its purpose and was not…
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