0 sats \ 2 replies \ @TNStacker 16 Jul \ parent \ on: German Navy warships finally ditch floppy disks after 30 years tech
Ok, I'll play. Define bad. Because your saying two major NATO military branches (Used to spending unGodly amounts of money on research and tech development) stayed with the 'bad' option for 30 and 50 years.
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34 sats \ 1 reply \ @kristapsk OP 16 Jul
stayed with the 'bad' option for 30 and 50 years.
Changing already working things are slow, expensive and difficult. It's wise to not do that just because of minor improvement. Just replacing old floppies with new ones from time to time could be good enough solution. But it doesn't mean there aren't better storage tech. That's why they are changing it now.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @TNStacker 16 Jul
In my world, organizations with funding do not stay with bad options unless the sunk costs are so great ego won't let them back down. Organizations stay with secure, working, reliable options.
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