DVD's obsolete in 10 years?

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Not that Bill is always right...


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Not that Bill is always right...





Bill is almost always wrong in his predictions. Especially the ones he
makes public. The only reason he said that no one would ever need more
than 640K was that he didn't have anything to sell that handled more than
that. As soon as he had something to sell, he forgot all about his
prediction and started bragging about how much memory Windows could
address.

The only reason Bill is 'predicting' that DVDs will be obsolete in 10
years is to try to kill sales of the technology. He does this all the
time. What Bill really wants is for everyone to have to be on-line all
the time and get all their files and programs from some huge server in
Redmond that he controls. Or, at the very least, a server that someone
has to pay him licensing fees for. This is what he keeps trying to push
with .NET but isn't being too very successful.

The fact that DVDs are becoming larger and faster is making it possible
for people to carry more and more data with them rather than having to
connect to some central server. I'm sure this has Bill a little scared.

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Not that Bill is always right...





Bill is almost always wrong in his predictions. Especially the ones he
makes public. The only reason he said that no one would ever need more
than 640K was that he didn't have anything to sell that handled more than
that. As soon as he had something to sell, he forgot all about his
prediction and started bragging about how much memory Windows could
address.

The only reason Bill is 'predicting' that DVDs will be obsolete in 10
years is to try to kill sales of the technology. He does this all the
time. What Bill really wants is for everyone to have to be on-line all
the time and get all their files and programs from some huge server in
Redmond that he controls. Or, at the very least, a server that someone
has to pay him licensing fees for. This is what he keeps trying to push
with .NET but isn't being too very successful.

The fact that DVDs are becoming larger and faster is making it possible
for people to carry more and more data with them rather than having to
connect to some central server. I'm sure this has Bill a little scared.

The only reason he said that no one would ever need more
than 640K was that he didn't have anything to sell that handled more than
that

He denied that he ever said that.

The only reason he said that no one would ever need more
than 640K was that he didn't have anything to sell that handled more than
that

He denied that he ever said that.

The only reason he said that no one would ever need more
than 640K was that he didn't have anything to sell that handled more than
that

He denied that he ever said that.

Alan Browne wrote:

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Not that Bill is always right...

"640K ought to be enough for anybody."
-- Bill Gates circa 1981

Terry D.

We already have memory card disks that go in cameras that will hold 2
gigs. It will not be long that something on this order will come along
as standard for music and video. Music and video recorder/players with
no moving parts. No motors or bearings to wera out, no 'skipping' when
you hit a bump. etc. Imagine something the size of a Memory Stick
holding 4 gigs or more!

It will not be long until we start transferring those DVDs to memory
cards.

Edward

We already have memory card disks that go in cameras that will hold 2
gigs. It will not be long that something on this order will come along
as standard for music and video. Music and video recorder/players with
no moving parts. No motors or bearings to wera out, no 'skipping' when
you hit a bump. etc. Imagine something the size of a Memory Stick
holding 4 gigs or more!

It will not be long until we start transferring those DVDs to memory
cards.

Edward


Gates is absolutely right that DVDs are ridiculous in that they scratch easily
and are too easily damaged. Nanotech is around the corner. Within 10 years
we'll probably have more durable media.

We already have memory card disks that go in cameras that will hold 2
gigs. It will not be long that something on this order will come along
as standard for music and video. Music and video recorder/players with
no moving parts. No motors or bearings to wera out, no 'skipping' when
you hit a bump. etc. Imagine something the size of a Memory Stick
holding 4 gigs or more!

It will not be long until we start transferring those DVDs to memory
cards.

Edward


Gates is absolutely right that DVDs are ridiculous in that they scratch easily
and are too easily damaged. Nanotech is around the corner. Within 10 years
we'll probably have more durable media.