[jraph]

Haven't floppy disks stopped being manufactured? How is this handled?

[bierjunge]

A lot of organizations bought everything they could get a few years ago (especially airlines and U.S. military were buying like crazy and paying incredible prices). Now they have basically tons of floppy's stuffed in some warehouses around the world and it should last for a decade or even longer. This should be enough time to get a different medium chosen and certified.

[3v1n0]

Mhm sure, but they don't lose memory abilities over time? How this could be considered ok when used for security related things?

[fzzzy]

I have floppies from 1983 that still work fine.

[zaarn]

They loose data over time. If you reformat them, they are fine accepting new data.