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| padrian May 05, 2010 7:29 AM EDT |
"users rarely burn CDs or DVDs except for an occasional backup" c'on... do you think the CD and DVD media blank industry is just for "for many Linux users, burning a Live CD to investigate a distribution is a common task"? you must be joking.... get real |
| hkwint May 05, 2010 8:41 AM EDT |
Interesting, since the advance in music over the net and since I found daemon tools for Windows / loopback mounting in Linux I stopped burning CD's. Even more, LiveUSB / boot from USB has enabled me to just disconnect my optical drives. I think I'm living without optical drives for about two years now. Gazillions of devices support 'connecting to an iPod", or you can just connect an ordinary MP3-player using a jack-cable. I'm not sure about the rest of the world, but I think CD's are becoming less relevant in the era of cheap broadband internet and cheap HD-storage. BluRay on the other hand, might still be valuable. |
| smallboxadmin May 05, 2010 12:15 PM EDT |
@padrian Yes, that was a ridiculous comment about Windows/OS X users. All you need to do is look at the weekly advertisements from your local office supply store and there are always ads for DVD/CD media. @hkwint Blu-ray on the other hand is DOA. Too little too late, now that content (i.e. movies) are available on demand on cable and satellite. Plus with with the addition of Netflix on Xbox360 andWii, and iTunes, the need for content delivery on media is slowly dissipating. Sure, there will be spikes for movies like the Twilight saga and Avatar, but it's only a matter of time. With the low cost of external drives and USB sticks affordable at 4/8/16Gb, not much need for Blu-ray storage. |
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