M$ adds on Linux Today

[Brad De Vries]

On 10/17/05, Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Oct 2005, Rick Sivernell wrote:
> > Hey, how about this.. My son works for CompUSA part time, and he informed me that
> > systems this day and time do not need floppy drives, and they are not installed any
> > any systems. I asked him. what if you need a floppy to do someting. He answered, you
> > do not need it, that is what dvds' are for. 100 k to 1.2 meg required to save data or
> > what ever, now use a 8 gig dvd instead. Waste not, want not. It is only some ones
> > elses' money.
>
> Actually, that's what USB floppy drives are for.  They do sell those at
> CompUSA.

Or you just pick a USB flash drive.  128MB for $15 US.  That equates
to ~90 1.44MB floppies.