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Re:FAA Begins Retiring Decades Old Floppy Disks from Air Tra... by Jtsummers on Friday November 06, 2026 @11:41AM (#50394733)
Fortunately the choice isn't between 1980s hardware with floppy disk requirements and rented servers in someone else's building. There are a lot of options in between those two.
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Re:FAA Begins Retiring Decades Old Floppy Disks from Air Tra... by AngryData on Friday November 06, 2026 @04:56PM (#50399040)
Yeah but none of those in-between options gets the c-suite massive bonuses because the margins aren't as large so they rarely ever do it.
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