4 Feb
2007
4 Feb
'07
9:24 a.m.
You know, I saw that story too and the numbers are
interesting - 2 billion
floppies sold worldwide in 1998 versus 700 million in 2006. It then goes on to
say that demand has fallen by two thirds, which at least gives us an idea of
whose concept of billion they're using :-)
But the point is, a 2/3 drop in demand over 8 years seems like not that much
at all for something that we're constantly told is useless / ancient /
obsolete / no longer needed!
I would bet the profit margin on floppies was always so slim that a
drop like this probably is bad news to the floppy makers.
--
Will