soley@ontenv.UUCP (Norman S. Soley) (10/22/88)
In article <13870@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> bkliewer@iuvax.UUCP (Bradley Dyck Kliewer) writes: >In article <5806@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> elg@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Eric Green) writes: >>One question: Why the hell have a floppy drive when you have a 256MB >>removable erasable optical disk? >$50 is awfully expensive media for commercial software distribution when >a few $1 diskettes are the norm (retail price comparisons, of course). Streaming tapes cost about $50 (retail) and I get software on them all the time. Hell when the Mac first came out a box of 3.5" diskettes was over $100 when you could find them. -- Norman Soley - Data Communications Analyst - Ontario Ministry of the Environment UUCP: uunet!attcan!lsuc!ncrcan!ontenv!soley VOICE: +1 416 323 2623 OR: soley@ontenv.UUCP