The problem is, once again, the installed base.

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by inthane-chan

10/5/01 1:49:36 PM

The problem is, once again, the installed base.

Had this problem when I was working at the EPA. People wanted to back up their documents to hardcopy, and to do so, they wanted to use ZIP drives, not CDRW.

Why?

Because ZIP is everywhere.

No rational reason, it's just cooler. Even though it costs more, is bulkier, has reliability issues, and has only a single source...

I made those arguments many times, and nobody there listened to me.

"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

Intel wants to lose the FDD and other things. - (static) - (26) - Oct. 4, 2001, 10:15:51 PM EDT

Floppys to stay on Bizness computers - (Andrew Grygus) - (16) - Oct. 4, 2001, 10:40:59 PM EDT

I'm waiting with anticipation - (pwhysall) - (5) - Oct. 5, 2001, 01:32:50 AM EDT

Well I guess I cheat... - (Meerkat) - Oct. 5, 2001, 02:50:08 AM EDT

I generally agree. - (static) - Oct. 5, 2001, 04:06:20 AM EDT

I can probably live without a floppy, but the serial ports? - (hnick) - (2) - Oct. 5, 2001, 08:26:11 AM EDT

nog that noise! - (Yendor) - (1) - Oct. 5, 2001, 11:34:55 AM EDT

fer sure, - (boxley) - Oct. 5, 2001, 12:25:42 PM EDT

Huh? Izzat true? - (Ashton) - (9) - Oct. 5, 2001, 05:34:49 AM EDT

Home users? Hell . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (8) - Oct. 5, 2001, 12:37:01 PM EDT

I need to recover my data...Load your backup tapes... - (kmself) - (7) - Oct. 5, 2001, 03:21:27 PM EDT

Situations can get bad enough that . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (6) - Oct. 5, 2001, 03:37:53 PM EDT

!!! - words fail.. -NT - (Ashton) - Oct. 5, 2001, 05:08:39 PM EDT

Ounce of prevention - (kmself) - (4) - Oct. 5, 2001, 07:45:29 PM EDT

Re: Backups are a PITB - but ... - (dmarker2) - (3) - Oct. 6, 2001, 09:34:44 PM EDT

Filesystem structure - (kmself) - (2) - Oct. 6, 2001, 10:55:07 PM EDT

Others by implication. - (static) - (1) - Oct. 7, 2001, 01:35:27 AM EDT

Arcserve has one terrible, terrible feature - (pwhysall) - Oct. 7, 2001, 03:36:29 AM EDT

Woop! - (inthane-chan) - (7) - Oct. 5, 2001, 12:47:06 PM EDT

Zip drives won't win, IMO. - (Another Scott) - (6) - Oct. 5, 2001, 01:20:14 PM EDT

The problem is, once again, the installed base. - (inthane-chan) - Oct. 5, 2001, 01:49:36 PM EDT

From what I understand of DVD-RWs . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (4) - Oct. 5, 2001, 02:05:03 PM EDT

True of some. - (inthane-chan) - (3) - Oct. 5, 2001, 03:12:10 PM EDT

Maybe not crippled, but single-layered - (Meerkat) - (2) - Oct. 5, 2001, 08:31:16 PM EDT

Re: I have dumped zip in favour of 2.5 in USB disks - (dmarker2) - Oct. 8, 2001, 10:01:28 AM EDT

That's crippled in my book. - (inthane-chan) - Oct. 8, 2001, 12:31:00 PM EDT

Re: Intel wants to lose the FDD and other things. - (wharris2) - Oct. 5, 2001, 07:58:56 PM EDT

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