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Japan declares victory in effort to end government use of floppy disks (www.reuters.com)

submitted 4 months ago by schizoidman@lemmy.ml to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] zakobjoa@lemmy.world 25 points 4 months ago (2 children)

We've successfully moved on to CDs!

[–] Dipbeneaththelasers@lemmy.today 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They skipped tape!?

[–] sanpo@sopuli.xyz 23 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Tape is actually doing pretty well.

Not the little cassette tapes, but tape storage tends to be used in big companies for backup long-term storage, and it doesn't seem currently like it's going anywhere.

[–] ZealousSealion@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The successor to tape seams likely to be internally engraved pieces of glass. Could be commercialised in a few years. But at least for the next decade, there will be a market for tape.

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago

It would be nice if they actually release this to production. Been hearing about it since last decade.

[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 months ago

It's insane how much write-only documentation is produced by big companies. Usually there is some kind of regulatory reason - like some documents have to be preserved for 40 years. Luckily it's not mandatory to keep paper archives any more (if you live in a sane jurisdiction of course) .

[–] kbal@fedia.io 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Well, at least they didn't go with the Sony Minidisc.

[–] yggstyle@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

I'm quite certain they tried.