They're now all using WAN facing Windows 7 machines!
Surprising as new hardware hasn’t had a floppy disk drive for years and old equipment is probably running a non supported operating system which is totally vulnerable.
You might be surprised (or not) by the amount of fax machines still being used in germany. It's not quite the same but also an ancient technology that just refuses to die here. As IT guy it drives me crazy.
When it comes to faxes, doctors and lawyers seem to be the main supporters in Australia. They have secure messaging available but cling to the insecure and antiquated fax. I’ve integrated fax into medical practice management apps and they thought it was such a step forward (after a while).
We turned off our fax number at our lab, to force doctors to send via email. They weren't happy, but what was the alternative.
Wow, activists! Well done!
When I was in Japan a decade ago, email was still rare, the electricity bill requires someone to come to your home and calculate it each month, the ATM wouldn't work on weekends after certain hours or on holidays, a lot of paperwork to do anything, and other little gotchas like that, that made it feel far behind at times.
They are still far ahead when it comes to baths and toilets though. The infrastructure is also superior to anything anywhere else except perhaps China.
huh? I'd say email was quite popular there, it was just tied to the mobile operator (and has then been replaced with Line)
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