Floppy disks are still useful for doing things like PXE booting. PXE booting (in case you didn't know) allows you to boot up a computer over the network using a virtual floppy disk image.
Before doing away with the floppy, the PXE issue would need to be addressed.
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Floppy disks are still useful for doing things like PXE booting. PXE booting (in case you didn't know) allows you to boot up a computer over the network using a virtual floppy disk image. Before doing away with the floppy, the PXE issue would need to be addressed.