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Who cares? This technology works for them. Key quote from the BBC version of this article [1] (the CNN one is crap) "This system remains in use because, in sho
by jgrahamc 10y ago
Who cares? This technology works for them. Key quote from the BBC version of this article [1] (the CNN one is crap)
"This system remains in use because, in short, it still works," Pentagon spokeswoman Lt Col Valerie Henderson told the AFP news agency.
I assume that IBM is happy to service the computer they are using. There's a hell of a lot of 'old' technology that we are still using that's not computing. Why freak out about old computers?
[1] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36385839 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36385839
- informatimago 10y agoWell all care, because it costs the US DOD 60 billion a year to maintain old technology. Thos 60 billions come from tax payers all over the world. Indeed, not only the US tax payer must pay, but also foreigners have to pay local taxes forwarded to the USA thanks to the extraterriorality of their laws, and the fines they put on non-US corporations doing business outside of the USA. So whoever you are, where ever you live, parts of your taxes or of the price you're paying for the products you buy goes toward those 60 billions wasted on ancient technology.
- doctorshady 10y agoComputers probably still have a bit of a reputation for being prehistoric after they're ~5 years old (obviously not the case anymore, but to someone not paying attention, the difference between, say, a 1995 desktop and a 2000 desktop might carry some weight in how they determine things). Either that, or when the average person thinks of a computer, they think of laptops or smartphones only designed to last a few years.