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It seems you fail to see the importance of mission. You're talking about consumer data. The USAF secured Nuclear missile tech and the German Navy on warship systems. And you say the medium was 'bad.' 🤣🤣🤣
It is bad compared to other tech available today. Actually better tech was available already in 1980s, but it was more state of the art, obviously military guys went with older proven tech back then.
You were just comparing CDs.
Yes. It's better and more reliable storage for digital data compared to floppy disks.
No disrespect meant. Is English your first language?
Is English your first language?
No.
Ok, that makes sense. I think we are talking past each other. Your arguments are valid, and so are mine. We are lost in semantics.
Your English is fine
It is really good. What's your point?
Ok, I'll play. Define bad. Because your saying two major NATO military branches (Used to spending unGodly amounts of money on research and tech development) stayed with the 'bad' option for 30 and 50 years.
stayed with the 'bad' option for 30 and 50 years.
Changing already working things are slow, expensive and difficult. It's wise to not do that just because of minor improvement. Just replacing old floppies with new ones from time to time could be good enough solution. But it doesn't mean there aren't better storage tech. That's why they are changing it now.
In my world, organizations with funding do not stay with bad options unless the sunk costs are so great ego won't let them back down. Organizations stay with secure, working, reliable options.
CD-Rs are different, they will become unreadable in some 5-10 years without even using them. That's why I said "factory produced CDs (not CD-Rs)". Of course, scratching will destroy them too, just don't do it.