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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2025 23:12:36 -0000 (UTC)
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On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 22:25:51 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

> Yeah, and then you have all those people who just got converted to base
> e and don't want to change again.

Attempts to determine how many are actually doing this keep running into 
calculation problems. Even round-figure estimates seem too complex to work 
out.