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Weeeell... floppies have more downsides that upsides and could've been replaced ages ago (along with implementing backup policies). They could've at least migrated to data MiniDiscs. π
Faxes from what I've heard were mostly because back in the day it was easier to write Japanese on a paper and fax it... in the age of Unicode, fax-to-mail and alike... dunno, maybe.
I generally agree though, no point in adopting new stuff just because.
Fax is an analog system that can be built without very complex production lines in place, that's a good enough reason.
Have you heard if this thing called a mobile phone?
Yes, that thing can't
. I want to live in a free and humanist world, which means that such technologies are more valuable.