Comments on: If Software still Shipped on 3.5″ Floppy… http://www.gadgetvenue.com/if-software-still-shipped-on-35-floppy-01283144/ Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: skamphttp://www.gadgetvenue.com/if-software-still-shipped-on-35-floppy-01283144/#comment-78769 skamp Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:09:17 +0000 http://www.gadgetvenue.com/?p=8304#comment-78769 $120 for a printout of flopies? who the hell buys this stuff? $120 for a printout of flopies? who the hell buys this stuff?

]]> By: userhttp://www.gadgetvenue.com/if-software-still-shipped-on-35-floppy-01283144/#comment-77633 user Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:43:53 +0000 http://www.gadgetvenue.com/?p=8304#comment-77633 Actually, software would still fit on a reasonable amount of floppies if it were still shipped that way.If, say 5 years ago, a storage medium had come out that was as easily manufactured and distributed as CDs or DVDs, but held 50 GB, we would be seeing software that would fill that whole 50 GB.Software sizes always pretty quickly follows the storage medium. Actually, software would still fit on a reasonable amount of floppies if it were still shipped that way.

If, say 5 years ago, a storage medium had come out that was as easily manufactured and distributed as CDs or DVDs, but held 50 GB, we would be seeing software that would fill that whole 50 GB.

Software sizes always pretty quickly follows the storage medium.

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