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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FAA to eliminate floppy disks used in air traffic control systems - Windows 95 also being phased out

Millions trust their lives daily to floppy disks and Windows 95.

The head of the Federal Aviation Administration just outlined an ambitious goal to upgrade the U.S.’s air traffic control (ATC) system and bring it into the 21st century. According to NPR, most ATC towers and other facilities today feel like they’re stuck in the 20th century, with controllers using paper strips and floppy disks to transfer data, while their computers run Windows 95. While this likely saved them from the disastrous CrowdStrike outage that had a massive global impact, their age is a major risk to the nation’s critical infrastructure, with the FAA itself saying that the current state of its hardware is unsustainable.

“The whole idea is to replace the system. No more floppy disks or paper strips,” acting FAA administrator Chris Rocheleau told the House Appropriations Committee last Wednesday. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy also said earlier this week,” This is the most important infrastructure project that we’ve had in this country for decades. Everyone agrees — this is non-partisan. Everyone knows we have to do it.”

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/the-faa-seeks-to-eliminate-floppy-disk-usage-in-air-traffic-control-systems[/quote]

Win 95 works, and so do floppy disks.  Are they going to update to XP?  Or to Windows 11?

This doesn't seem like the best idea, it seems like more like a first-blush idea rather than carefully considered.  Like the idea to migrate all of the US banking information off of COBOL.  Change for change's sake.[/quote]

Doesn't seem like the best idea?

Floppy drives are no longer manufactured.  These are mechanical drives probaby 30-40 years old.   What are they doing?  Buying used floppy drives and disks off ebay?

We probably paid to upgrade the whole system a dozen times over. It just never happened because... you know.... government.[/quote]

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