"Fully 12 years after the original G3 iMac dropped support for the
3.5-inch floppy disk, Sony has finally decided to stop making them. The
reason is a lack of demand. The surprise is that it took so long.
<p>If you still rely on the massive 1.44MB of space to move files
quickly around between far-flung computers, don’t worry: Sony will keep
the production lines running until March 2011, giving you a year to
stockpile the things. You won’t be alone. Apparently, “lack of demand”
is somewhat relative, and Sony sold a jaw-dropping 12 million floppies
in Japan during 2009."</p><div id="TixyyLink" style="overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;">Read More <a href="http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/04/sony-announces-the-death-of-the-floppy-disk/#ixzz0mFIZeePW">http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/04/sony-announces-the-death-of-the-floppy-disk/#ixzz0mFIZeePW</a><br>
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