28 Apr
2010
28 Apr
'10
5:14 p.m.
Fred Cisin wrote:
On Wed, 28 Apr 2010, Ethan Dicks wrote:
Back in the early/mid 90's when the 'Net was nascent and 'high-capacity'
CD-ROM
distribution was the rage, a friend decided to get into the multi-media
production business. I suggested networking was the future but he went with
CD-ROM-based development.
Like when Apple stopped including a floppy drive
in iMacs (remember
all the screaming in PC quarters about how they were still important?)
We laughed at Jobs when he didn't have a floppy drive in the Next.
("How can ANY software marketing be done without cheap writable, mailable
media?")
But, eventually, the market caught up with his closed hardware dream, with
internet distribution. "But it will take DAYS to download a word
processor, even at 1200 bps!"