Re: Who still uses floppies these days?

[ak621@chebucto.ns.ca (Richard Bonner)]

Bob Harris wrote:
> In article <1147621134_13641@sp6iad.superfeed.net>,
>  "Bible John" <johnw_94020@yahoo.com> wrote:

> > Here are the 10 reasons why floppies continue to rule!
(Snip)

> There are people that still have Ford Model-T's, but that is not a 
> sufficient reason for every car manufacture to include a hand 
> crank on today's cars, just so that hand cranks will still be 
> available for Model-T owners.

***   Your point is a good one, but It would be reason if enough
people demanded them. I often hear laments from people buying new
computers that they don't have floppy drives. Many people have backlogs of
them and friends often show up with them.


> There are always people that still have older equipment and there 
> may even be a business reason for some businesses (a print shop 
> for example) to cater to their needs.  But that is also not a 
> sufficiently good reason for new equipment to continue to include 
> Model-T hand cranks.

***   The option should be given. Then the consumer can choose.


> I do not want a floppy disk in my iBook (waste of space that can 
> be better used for CD, Battery, WiFi, Disk, and other electronic 
> guts.
>
>                                         Bob Harris

***   Sure, and they may not be necessary in many laptops, However, I
often get a variety of storage devices shoved at me when I am on the road
and am glad I have floppy, CD, and Flash Memory drives on my laptop.

         Richard Bonner
http://www.chebucto.ca/~ak621/DOS/