Espiritdescali@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 9 months agoJapan's government finally says goodbye to floppy diskswww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down12cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
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minus-squareEspiritdescali@futurology.todayOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoShocking how long it takes to move away from old technology. COBOL is another example
minus-squareKerb@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months agosome people realy turn “never touch a running system” into some holy gospel.
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·9 months agoI mean TBF there’s a reason people aren’t moving away from COBOL. It does what it needs to do better than other alternatives.
minus-squarevoidx@futurology.todayMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoWhere is COBOL being used still?
minus-squareEspiritdescali@futurology.todayOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoMore than 43% of international banking systems still rely on it
Shocking how long it takes to move away from old technology. COBOL is another example
some people realy turn “never touch a running system” into some holy gospel.
I mean TBF there’s a reason people aren’t moving away from COBOL. It does what it needs to do better than other alternatives.
Where is COBOL being used still?
More than 43% of international banking systems still rely on it