The use of the floppy disk, which was still used in some government agencies in Japan, has now been scrapped.
  • @[email protected]OPMEnglish
    4•6 months ago

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

    • KerbEnglish
      5•6 months ago

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

    • NoneOfUrBusiness
      1•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.

        • @[email protected]MEnglish
          1•5 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.