In some secure facilities it’s basically the only way to transfer data. USB drives aren’t allowed and there’s no direct peer to peer networking either.
On work we accumulate a wealth of pesonal notes, forms, links, articles etc. We are strictly forbidden to use USB-Sticks, but the DVD-Burner are still working…
My last DVD was a Knoppix though, just for the fun of it.
We used to do that in industrial automation. If you make any changes to the PLC / HMI / SCADA software, burn a DVD with what you changed and leave it next to the rack. No danger of bringing in viruses on a USB stick (the whole system was air-gapped) and you’d still have a backup available.
People keeping old ass industrial equipment alive. I had to buy some CD-Rs recently because it was the only way to get files on or off an ancient Win95 machine that had no network or USB ports. The machinery it interacts with costs a million dollars, so replacing it is no small thing.
I still see blank CDs and DVDs for sale sometimes. Makes me wonder who is out there using them.
In some secure facilities it’s basically the only way to transfer data. USB drives aren’t allowed and there’s no direct peer to peer networking either.
People who still own a PS1/PS2 having a blast on their jailbroken consoles
On work we accumulate a wealth of pesonal notes, forms, links, articles etc. We are strictly forbidden to use USB-Sticks, but the DVD-Burner are still working…
My last DVD was a Knoppix though, just for the fun of it.
We used to do that in industrial automation. If you make any changes to the PLC / HMI / SCADA software, burn a DVD with what you changed and leave it next to the rack. No danger of bringing in viruses on a USB stick (the whole system was air-gapped) and you’d still have a backup available.
ooh knoppix!, my first intro to linux
People keeping old ass industrial equipment alive. I had to buy some CD-Rs recently because it was the only way to get files on or off an ancient Win95 machine that had no network or USB ports. The machinery it interacts with costs a million dollars, so replacing it is no small thing.
I buy them, and floppy disks too.