die Prophezeiung des Endes ist evtl noch sehr verfrüht - Verbatim verkauft in Europa nach wie vor zwischen 1-2Mio Stk (besonders in den alten Soviet-Staaten, vermutlich ein weiterer Hauptabnehmer: Unterzögersdorf). Aber ja: lange wird das Medium nichts mehr am Leben erhalten.
http://www.pressetext.at/news/100426022/sony-begraebt-3-5-zoll-floppy-disk/ _____________ Michael Horak m.ho...@gmx.at http://twitter.com/fatmike182 On 27 Apr 2010, at 18:13, das ende der nahrungskette wrote: > Sony's decision to end 3.5-inch disk production is just another signal that > local storage media and platforms cannot be trusted with your precious data. > > The history of data storage and backup is littered with the corpses of dead > formats. Seven years ago I wrote about the beginning of the end of 3.5-inch > floppy disks. At the time, it was still a popular portable storage medium, > and I was derided as a heretic. Now, Sony has finally decided to stop making > 3.5-inch floppy disks, which pretty much marks the end of the format. > > It's worth noting the demise of any popular format because it has a ripple > effect on the technology world. In 2003, when Dell decided to stop putting > 3.5-inch floppy drives in its computers, we were already seeing the > proliferation and use of USB drives. Back then, they had capacities that, > while many times greater than the best floppy disk, were still miles away > from where they are now (these days, it's not unusual to carry around a 4-GB > USB drive). > > Link > > -- > Posted By johannes to monochrom at 4/27/2010 06:07:00 PM
