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Japan's government finally says goodbye to floppy disks (www.bbc.co.uk)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Where is COBOL being used still?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Are they moving to Zip drives?