At the Pit, we have this server. It's an old server, and nobody likes it much. It's been a pain in everyone's ass for many years.
I built a new server to take over the tasks of the old server. We moved all the faxes to go out the new server instead of the old. And life was good.
I prepared to retire the old server, which based on an edict I got long-ago, meant there would be copious quantities of gunpowder, lead, and maybe some baseball bats involved in the retirement party, Office Space style. My retirement plans were interrupted by a co-worker saying, "We'll have to hold off until we figure out what to do with the NY Medicaid data that we use that machine for."
Huh? says I, what do you mean? Well, it seems we get data from NY Medicaid, detailing what they've paid us and for what patients, etc., etc., and it all comes to us on, wait for it, a 9-track tape. 
So I call Albany to find out what other formats are available, so that I can have them start sending us the data on something a bit more recent, seeing as how 9-track reels haven't even been made, by anyone, in three years.
Turns out, I have options, plenty of them. OK, well, two. I can have my data sent on spiffy 9-track reels, or some other similarly obsolete 8-track format.
Jeezus... I mean, seriously. Is this how government bureaucracy works? When I asked, "Do you have any idea when you might have a tape format for which there are actually drives presently in production?" the answer was "We're told that maybe next year that will come to pass, but knowing the state, they'll probably standardize on 1.44MB floppy disks."
At least I can buy a floppy drive. That'd be an improvement over this.... :-/