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https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/10/22/us-nuclear-weapons-command-finally-ditches-8-inch-floppies/ https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/10/22/us-nuclear-w

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/10/22/us-nuclear-weapons-command-finally-ditches-8-inch-floppies/ https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/10/22/us-nuclear-weapo... "US nuclear weapons command finally ditches 8-inch floppies" >And yet, such a computer system ranks as one of the most important in the world – so critical in fact that nobody has wanted to change or upgrade it since it was built nearly half a century ago.

ricardobayes 5y ago
devops will eat me alive for this, but my 2c is if it's critical infra, and if it's working, don't touch it. Sure write a new one in parallel, but don't change or upgrade it.
evilDagmar 5y ago
Luckily for well, everyone, those 8-inch floppies didn't really see a lot of use.