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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

[–] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Fax machines are actually still pretty widely used in corporate America (but not in households at all). Especially insurance and medical companies. I remember having to ask my dad years ago to fax something for me from his work (a bank's corporate office) since we didn't have one in the house. (I don't remember what the fax was for.)

[–] uis@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

I think with voip you can fax again, now from computer

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