Is anyone using a floppy disk in 2017?

I wrote an answer a while ago on a similar question, you can see it here Lars Pantleon's answer to Are floppy disks still used, why or why not? For a more in depth explanation please see the link, but the short answer is…. Yes, a lot of people actually still use Floppy drives, probably even you, without knowing it! read more

I know several people who own machining job shops in my area and they have old (like 1970s and 1980s OLD) numerical control machine tools. These tools run their programs from floppy disks and those are getting harder to find. read more

Given that a typical floppy disk offers up a minuscule 1.44MB of space — not even enough to house a three-minute pop song in MP3 format — there’s seemingly no reason for these disks to stay in circulation. read more