Finally, Death of the 3.5 inch floppy disk
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From: Don McKenzie on 26 Apr 2010 16:02 Sony to discontinue 3.5 inch floppy disk April 24, 11:34 PMJapan Headlines ExaminerJoshua Williams Sony announced on April 23rd that they will be discontinuing sales of the classic 3.5 inch floppy disk in Japan in 2011. The news marks a major end to a nearly three decade history of the disk type that the company helped to pioneer. According to Sony, they introduced the 3.5 inch floppy disk size to the world in 1981, and began sales within Japan in 1983. Sony had shipped approximately 47 million disks within the country at its peak around the year 2000, but that number had fallen to around 8.5 million by 2009, Sankei News reported. http://www.examiner.com/x-16352-Japan-Headlines-Examiner~y2010m4d24-Sony-to-discontinue-35-inch-floppy-disk-in-Japan Cheers Don... -- Don McKenzie Site Map: http://www.dontronics.com/sitemap E-Mail Contact Page: http://www.dontronics.com/email Web Camera Page: http://www.dontronics.com/webcam No More Damn Spam: http://www.dontronics.com/spam These products will reduce in price by 5% every month: http://www.dontronics-shop.com/minus-5-every-month.html
From: larwe on 26 Apr 2010 16:57 On Apr 26, 4:02 pm, Don McKenzie <5...(a)2.5A> wrote: > Sony announced on April 23rd that they will be discontinuing sales of > the classic 3.5 inch floppy disk in Japan in 2011. The news marks a Hardly "death of the 3.5 inch floppy disk" to announce that one vendor will stop making them. Even 5.25" DSDD media and some 8" formats are still in production, as well as 3" flippies.
From: Don McKenzie on 26 Apr 2010 17:57 larwe wrote: > On Apr 26, 4:02 pm, Don McKenzie <5...(a)2.5A> wrote: > >> Sony announced on April 23rd that they will be discontinuing sales of >> the classic 3.5 inch floppy disk in Japan in 2011. The news marks a > > Hardly "death of the 3.5 inch floppy disk" to announce that one vendor > will stop making them. Even 5.25" DSDD media and some 8" formats are > still in production, as well as 3" flippies. Hi Lewin, Considering Sony produced the first 3.5" floppies, and currently hold 70% of the world market, and many other manufacturers have pulled the plug, I would say death is very close to describing what the usage will be in 2011. Some people still go to drive-in cinemas, use Betamax video format, rotary dial phones, and Edison wax cylinders, so these aren't dead either. Only thing that is really dead, are people that fall off the perch. :-) Cheers Don... -- Don McKenzie Site Map: http://www.dontronics.com/sitemap E-Mail Contact Page: http://www.dontronics.com/email Web Camera Page: http://www.dontronics.com/webcam No More Damn Spam: http://www.dontronics.com/spam These products will reduce in price by 5% every month: http://www.dontronics-shop.com/minus-5-every-month.html
From: Jon on 26 Apr 2010 18:15 "Don McKenzie" <5V(a)2.5A> wrote in message news:83mgi7Fu8vU1(a)mid.individual.net... > Hi Lewin, > > Considering Sony produced the first 3.5" floppies, and currently hold 70% > of the world market, and many other manufacturers have pulled the plug, I > would say death is very close to describing what the usage will be in > 2011. > > Some people still go to drive-in cinemas, use Betamax video format, rotary > dial phones, and Edison wax cylinders, so these aren't dead either. > > Only thing that is really dead, are people that fall off the perch. :-) > > > Cheers Don... They still charge us a 'service fee' on the phone bill if we opt for touch tone service. --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net ---
From: Don McKenzie on 26 Apr 2010 18:31
Jon wrote: > "Don McKenzie" <5V(a)2.5A> wrote in message > news:83mgi7Fu8vU1(a)mid.individual.net... >> Hi Lewin, >> >> Considering Sony produced the first 3.5" floppies, and currently hold 70% >> of the world market, and many other manufacturers have pulled the plug, I >> would say death is very close to describing what the usage will be in >> 2011. >> >> Some people still go to drive-in cinemas, use Betamax video format, rotary >> dial phones, and Edison wax cylinders, so these aren't dead either. >> >> Only thing that is really dead, are people that fall off the perch. :-) >> >> >> Cheers Don... > > > They still charge us a 'service fee' on the phone bill if we opt for touch > tone service. Just a thought. How many kids 15 or under would know what a rotary dial is, or ever used one? Then, how many kids 15 or under, have ever written, or read a file to/from a 3.5" floppy?. Not a lot I would think. I can't remember when I last used a floppy, must be many years. Would have been to prop up a short leg on a table. :-) Footnote ** I laugh when the little ones of today, have to look at the back of your camera, after you take a picture. What did we do before they put the screen there? Cheers Don... -- Don McKenzie Site Map: http://www.dontronics.com/sitemap E-Mail Contact Page: http://www.dontronics.com/email Web Camera Page: http://www.dontronics.com/webcam No More Damn Spam: http://www.dontronics.com/spam These products will reduce in price by 5% every month: http://www.dontronics-shop.com/minus-5-every-month.html |