Re: What companies are still using old technology

["Dave R." <dwragle at drbsystems dot com>]

"Bible John" <johnw_94020@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
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>I got a new job working in QC at a electronics company in the Bay Area.
> Its amazing, but I have seen people order floppy disk drives, ORB 
> Power
> adaptors, and yesterday someone ordered a 500MB hard drive.
>
> Richard since you are the DOS expert, and the expert with old 
> technology
> whom are the kinds of companies ordering these supplies? What business
> are they in that relies so much on floppy disk drives (I saw one order
> of like 6 floppy disk drives to one company) and who would buy a 500MB
> hard drive?
>
>

Clearly I'm not Richard, but I can answer part of your question since I 
work for a company that still uses floppy drives.  We have sold 
thousands of DOS-based systems to companies throughout the US.  Each and 
every one of them needs a functional floppy drive, and since many of 
them are still in use we still order replacement floppy drives to be 
able to service those systems.  The majority of our customers (and I 
suspect many others are this way as well) are of the mindset that there 
is no need to upgrade the system if it still fulfills the needs of their 
business.

As to the 500MB hard drive, any of the computers we support that require 
a drive of that size have long since been flagged as obsolete and are 
replaced with a new computer when the time comes so I can't offer any 
insight into that purchase.

Off topic:
> -- 
> Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death,
> but the gift of God is eternal life
> in Christ Jesus our Lord.

I'm interested in which Bible translation this is from.  The 
translations I'm familiar with all have this verse as "... through Jesus 
Christ our Lord." rather than "...in Christ Jesus...".  To me, it 
introduces a subtle but important difference in meaning.

Best regards,

Dave