The government can use whatever system it wants, and if there aren’t components on the market it can justify a make work program to domestically produce them.
Governments were able to run perfectly well without high density removable storage, why is it necessary now?
There’s a cost to maintaining old technology, at some point it becomes higher than transitioning to new technology. People have known that since ancient times, that’s why the Neo-Assyrian Empire chose to switch from Akkadian to Aramaic.
Well that’s dumb.
The government can use whatever system it wants, and if there aren’t components on the market it can justify a make work program to domestically produce them.
Governments were able to run perfectly well without high density removable storage, why is it necessary now?
Why would it want to get rid of floppy disks?
There’s a cost to maintaining old technology, at some point it becomes higher than transitioning to new technology. People have known that since ancient times, that’s why the Neo-Assyrian Empire chose to switch from Akkadian to Aramaic.