FAA Phases Out Floppy Disks From Air Traffic Control 8

The FAA

They have announced a _plan_ to phase out floppy disks within two years. The source article on Engadget, and the FAA project page, list a lot of very aggressive targets to hit by 2028 but they are just that, targets. The phrasing is very misleading.

And its name should start with Trump: "Trump Floppy Disk Memorial".

With its well-known security advantages over sneakernet.Just think, instead of fridges set to 50C, all the planes trying to be in the same bit of airspace at once...

Thus spake the master programmer: "When a program is being tested, it is too late to make design changes." -- Geoffrey James, "The Tao of Programming"