On Sun, 17 May 1998 13:44:15 +0100, Dr Mark Trowell wrote:
>Whilst I think your sentiments for backup of surgery data are correct, I
>think CD-R and possibly CD-RW will soon become the standard for personal
>use. Now that you can buy a CD-R for UKP250 and the CDs are about UKP1
>each, with DVD taking CDs as well, I can't see another medium being
>developed that has the possibility of data sharing and simplicity that good
>old floppies used to have. I certainly will be looking at purchasing CD-R
>with my next PC.
Like the video killed the radio star, DVD will be the death of the CD.
DVDs are already shipping with a lot of gear as standard, including
notebooks.
Ahmad
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