tjb@IceCube.unh.edu (Thomas J. Baker) (05/03/91)
Like many others it seems, I have a cube with an OD and no floppy. NeXT has been pushing floppies lately for software distribution. I would have no qualms about buying an external floppy drive _but_... I would like to know NeXT's future plans toward software distribution. Not too long ago, the OD was the preferred distribution media. I got my cube with an OD for this purpose. But now the 2.1 update is only available on floppies, the current "preferred" media. It seems ill-conceived to ship an entire OS software distribution on 2.88Mb floppies. The 20Mb floppies are just over the horizon. And now NeXT itself is selling a CD-ROM drive. A CD-ROM drive costs only slightly more than a floppy drive (cost effective for me) and once the master is made, CD-ROM discs only cost about $2.50 to press (cost effective for NeXT). My point (had to be one here somewhere) is that I don't have much use for a 2.88Mb floppy in my NeXT-at-home environment. I would prefer not to have to get one if 20Mb floppies or CD-ROM discs are going to become the distribution media of the future. I don't want to find out that in the fall, NeXT will offer 'station owners a 20Mb floppy trade in deal, after I plop down $500 for an external. Thoughts? Feelings? Am I being paranoid? -- +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Thomas Baker Voice: (603) 743-4987 | | P.O. Box 213 | | Durham, NH 03824 mail/NeXTmail: tjb@IceCube.unh.edu | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Thomas Baker Voice: (603) 743-4987 | | P.O. Box 213 | | Durham, NH 03824 mail/NeXTmail: tjb@IceCube.unh.edu | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+