Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 7 Feb 2007 08:50:36 -0500 | Subject | Re: Free Linux Driver Development! | From | (Lennart Sorensen) |
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On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 07:03:26PM +0530, Sunil Naidu wrote: > Yep, still floppies are useful. Example, when we buy a new device > (driver) with a floppy (sometimes by manufacturer). Plus, from the > customer (not user) POV, what's wrong in spending another $10 for a > FDD in a typical $1000 PC? Makes sense right ;-)
Well certainly anyone with windows that needed a driver for their sata controller better have a floppy drive (well apparenly vista now knows about these amazing things called usb and optical drives... :). I also find them handy as an emergency grub boot method, although I guess most new machines could boot that from cd if necesary.
Personally I just stick in a $25 floppy and usb memory card reader in one. Very handy, and doesn't waste space that way.
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