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Subject: Floppies becoming obsolete
From: jc at trillian.mit.edu (John Chambers)
Date: Thu Sep 9 10:42:01 2004
In-reply-to: <20040908184930.4ef51427@gaf.gaf.net>
References: <413F78A3.1000705@breezy.com>

Jerry Feldman writes:
|
| But, the real advantage of a CD or DVD is that permanent data may be
| stored and distributed very inexpensively. But, I still think that
| readonly solid state media might replace CD or DVD, and even hard
| drives.

Yeah, but can you use them as coasters?

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