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Gates Predicts DVD Obsolete In 10 Years

Posted by timothy on from the tim-predicts-vhs-obsolete-10-years-ago dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Not to say that Mr. Gates has been wrong before (sarcasm), but now he is claiming that DVDs will be obsolete in 10 years. As this post claims, I would have to disagree with the world's richest man and say that compact disk media is here to stay for a while because there is just no substitute for a media that cost cents." (And since SMH is going registration only, thanks to the anonymous reader who points out two non-registration sites -- FlexBeta and Yahoo! -- to read the same wire story, and for the observation that not all of Gates' predictions pan out.)

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  1. Yeah, right (irony) by Pecisk · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And everyone have enough with 640 kb of memory. And yes, floppy disk drives are in dying mode already for 7-8 years. Sure, right :)

    Bill, people simply don't change technology so ofen. They simply enjoy things longer. They all are NOT stupid consumers.

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  2. He's right by bert.cl · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    He's right, we all know 64K ought to be enough for anybody. How dare you challenge Bill G.!!

  3. Storage Media: Gates talks, Apple walks by XavierItzmann · · Score: 1, Flamebait


    1984: 1st PC to include a 3.5" floppy - Mac
    1986: 1st PC to include SCSI on every machine - Mac
    1991: 1st PC to include CD in every machine - Mac
    1998: 1st PC to eliminate floppies in every machine - Mac
    2000: 1st PC to include a working DVD burner - Mac
    2002: 1st mainstream disk-based MP3 player-iPod


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