Japan won its 'war' on floppy disks, but its love of archaic tech lingers (opens in new tab)

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What I don't understand is the emphasis on the robustness of tech such as floppies. I remember them being quite fiddly and easily corrupted. Is it just a way to justify dragging their feet on modernizing? Security by obscurity? Something else?

greenbit1y ago

Not sure they mean reliability in the sense that the floppy is inherently reliable, but rather, reliable relative to "cloud" storage. Presumably any tec that depends on one's own attention to maintenance, rather than the continuing good will of complete strangers, would be viewed similarly.

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mtVesselOP1y ago

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