Boeing 747s still get critical updates via floppy disks
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Re: Boeing 747s still get critical updates via floppy disks
#2I am confused, is this piece making fun of Floppy disks or just documenting a fact?
If it's the former, I'd discourage the criticism because Floppy disks are working, and there's no good reason to redo the whole thing and potentially create a lot of bugs, that you'll then spend a wormhole amount of money fixing.
Change for the sake of change is a bad idea. Especially for equipment that has to be ultra-reliable.
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#3FYI the 28-day update is this one:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeronautical_Information_Publi...
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#4Floppy Disks seem like a type of security practice. Nobody can install ransomware (or anything else) on your plane if the devices are barely even manufactured anymore.
Re: Boeing 747s still get critical updates via floppy disks
#5I am confused, is this piece making fun of Floppy disks or just documenting a fact? If it's the former, I'd discourage the criticism because Floppy disks are working, and there's no good reason to redo the whole thing and potentially create a lot of bugs, that you'll then spend a wormhole amount of money fixing. Change for the sake of change is a bad idea. Especially for equipment that has to be ultra-reliable.
Neurotic journalists who don't build anything ever, much less sell it.
"OMG, this still runs on COBOL? haha"
Yes.
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#6although they talk about the 747-400, it's notable that the 747 came out in 1968.
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#7Worst of all worlds!
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#8Haven't floppy disks stopped being manufactured? How is this handled?
Re: Boeing 747s still get critical updates via floppy disks
#9I am confused, is this piece making fun of Floppy disks or just documenting a fact? If it's the former, I'd discourage the criticism because Floppy disks are working, and there's no good reason to redo the whole thing and potentially create a lot of bugs, that you'll then spend a wormhole amount of money fixing. Change for the sake of change is a bad idea. Especially for equipment that has to be ultra-reliable.
My thoughts.
Re: Boeing 747s still get critical updates via floppy disks
#10Haven't floppy disks stopped being manufactured? How is this handled?
A lot of organizations bought everything they could get a few years ago (especially airlines and U.S. military were buying like crazy and paying incredible prices). Now they have basically tons of floppy's stuffed in some warehouses around the world and it should last for a decade or even longer. This should be enough time to get a different medium chosen and certified.