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В кластер входят документы о трудностях отказа от устаревших технологий в государственном и общественном секторах, при этом исключаются тексты о чисто технических аспектах обновления или частном секторе.
Общие признаки: институциональная инерция, устаревшие носители данных и ПО, бюрократические и юридические сложности, критическая инфраструктура и здравоохранение
Группа выше: Устаревшие системы и накопленный риск
Смысл: The text illustrates the clash between modern technology and institutional inertia, showing how a government continued using obsolete storage media for years due to the habits of medical professionals and perceived security needs.
Until December 2015, the Norwegian government sent monthly patient lists to doctors on floppy disks because many physicians still relied on legacy MS-DOS software.
Смысл: The text describes a legal conflict between the South Australian government and a software developer over the continued use of an expired, obsolete MS-DOS-based medical system. It highlights the systemic danger of relying on legacy software in critical sectors like healthcare and defense.
South Australian hospitals are fighting a legal battle to keep using an expired, 1980s-era MS-DOS medical system because migrating critical patient data is too slow and risky.
Смысл: The main idea is that removing obsolete technology from institutional use is often a legal and bureaucratic challenge rather than a technical one, as evidenced by Japan's struggle with floppy disks and San Francisco's critical infrastructure.
Japan has finally outlawed the requirement for floppy disks in government procedures, highlighting the slow pace of institutional modernization compared to technological advancement.