[Year 12 IT Apps] R.I.P. Floppy

[Mark KELLY]

"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.

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."
Read More
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/04/sony-announces-the-death-of-the-floppy-disk/#ixzz0mFIZeePW

-- 
Mark Kelly
Manager - Information Systems
McKinnon Secondary College
McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia
Direct line / Voicemail: 8520 9085
School Phone +613 8520 9000
School Fax +613 9578 9253
kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au

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