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-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Craig McKie Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 10:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [stuff-it] Another End of Era event occurs What is believed to be the worlds last major typewriter factory has finally closed its doors. The company, Godrej & Boyce based in Mumbai, had seen demand for typewriters gradually dwindle. There are said to be just 500 machines left in its factory, a snip at £160 each. The typewriter is just one of many once-popular pieces of equipment which have now been consigned to the dustbin of commercial history. Instamatic cameras, Super 8 film and Kodachrome have all gone, as have the Flip video camera and soon, it seems the humble floppy disk. All have been usurped by more effective digital solutions. All of those successors are so much quieter. But while the production of typewriters may have ended (at least in India there may be some still being manufactured in remote parts of China), there are still millions of people around the world who use them. Perhaps its for the same reason that some photographers prefer film and some music buffs will only listen to vinyl records played on ridiculously expensive turntables. ==== No tears here; it's all better done now I think. _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
