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Japan's government finally says goodbye to floppy disks (www.bbc.co.uk)
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[–] Thade780@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Are they moving to Zip drives?

[–] Espiritdescali@futurology.today 2 points 6 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] Kerb@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 6 months ago

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

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 1 points 6 months 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.

[–] voidx@futurology.today 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Where is COBOL being used still?

[–] Espiritdescali@futurology.today 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

More than 43% of international banking systems still rely on it

[–] voidx@futurology.today 1 points 6 months ago

Oh, that's crazy. I guess it's more about the cost/risk of upgrading their core systems rather than the language itself.