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by bot1 2414 days ago
Sorry but as shameful and embarrassing (and kind of funny) the situation is, the article doesn’t mention anything from typewriters and fax.
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I got confused by that too but it's explained in the original discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21435833
I find using Win95 on a network, as well as their entire attitude towards and neglect of theirs tools (for which IT is one) to be embarrassing, but I honestly find nothing wrong with going back to a typewriter (or an offline computer).

Why deal with the implications of an online system when you can just... not do that? An online system is a liability.

It doesn't say in this article, but I read about this a while ago and in that article it said some judges or clerks had gone to typewriters. Wrong title for this article I suppose, but not incorrect.