On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 07:33:12PM -0600, Chris Adams wrote: > Again, you're projecting from an anecdote of one. My anecdote of one is > that the vast majority of system in my company (around 400 employees > IIRC) don't have an optical drive. I'm actually not sure if any of the > desktops have one (since every once in a while someone will come around
None of the IT-department-provided systems at my last two employers came with optical drives, and even if requested it would have been fulfilled in the form of a portable USB drive sent along separately. "Enterprises" tend to refresh their equipment every three years or so, and it's been nearly two full refresh cycles since CD drives were considered standard equipment for end-user systems. It's been even longer for servers; after all, why waste the money and physical space on an optical drive that will only be used once? Granted, there's a long tail of older equipment that was shipped/equipped with a CD drive, but let's be honest, you'd have to go back more than a decade to find something that can't also boot off a USB stick -- placing one firmly in the territory where performance, operating costs, and especially reliability of that old equipment is of significant concern. (FWIW, I have Fedora installed on two such systems, and yes, their reliability has taken a significant nosedive..) - Solomon -- Solomon Peachy pizza at shaftnet dot org High Springs, FL ^^ (email/xmpp) ^^ Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
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