CDRMITTENS@sh.itjust.works to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 months ago[A public service announcement by StarFlork Academy]: After 30 years of service German Navy retires Floppy Diskssh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1359arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1353arrow-down1image[A public service announcement by StarFlork Academy]: After 30 years of service German Navy retires Floppy Diskssh.itjust.worksCDRMITTENS@sh.itjust.works to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square33fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33arrow-down2·5 months agoIt makes sense. Updating the hardware is logical due to magnetic medium degradation. There’s no reason to run a current OS on a closed system. Features are irrelevant. It’s all about stability and security.
minus-squareDamagelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 months agoIf it still works, it means it’s robust, and if it manages to do its work properly then there is no reason to replace it with something unproven.
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 months agoExactly right. Just ask anyone in commercial IT how much they love change for the sake of change.
minus-squareFosheze@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoPlease tell this to my employer who just “upgraded” the OS on our factory machines to windows 11.
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It makes sense. Updating the hardware is logical due to magnetic medium degradation. There’s no reason to run a current OS on a closed system. Features are irrelevant. It’s all about stability and security.
If it still works, it means it’s robust, and if it manages to do its work properly then there is no reason to replace it with something unproven.
Exactly right. Just ask anyone in commercial IT how much they love change for the sake of change.
Please tell this to my employer who just “upgraded” the OS on our factory machines to windows 11.