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> [...] and you can design your own format if you want to. Is the Tokyo police going to "design" their own floppy format? Why!? This is most likely the effect
by crispyambulance 5y ago
> [...] and you can design your own format if you want to.
Is the Tokyo police going to "design" their own floppy format? Why!?
This is most likely the effect of some luddite in a leadership position that simply can't handle change but has been able to force everyone to comply for decades. Floppies in 2020? Really? Maybe this will be embarrassing enough that they'll upgrade.
It happens though, there was a story some years back about an HVAC filter company (Sparkle) that ran much of their business operations on late 1950's IBM hardware that used plug-boards. Plug-boards! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14121527 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14121527
- jfim 5y ago> This is most likely the effect of some luddite in a leadership position that simply can't handle change but has been able to force everyone to comply for decades. It's much more likely that they have an established set of procedures on how to handle day to day operations that involves floppies, and that they didn't see the point of changing the procedures that already work for them.