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Last Typewriter Factory in the World Shuts Its Doors

Posted by samzenpus on from the goodbye-wite-out dept.

SEWilco pointed out that the last typewriter factory has shut its doors. Indian typewriter manufacturer Godrej and Boyce stopped production today after 60 years. The company's general manager, Milind Dukle, says, "We are not getting many orders now. From the early 2000s onwards, computers started dominating. All the manufacturers of office typewriters stopped production, except us."

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  1. Anndddd.. by drewsup · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nothing of value was lost...

  2. Re:This is just not true by Insightfill · · Score: 5, Funny

    We have been making typewrithers for over 100 years.

    Apparently, not very good ones.

  3. Re:Typewriter? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I stopped using mine when I learned it was secretly saving a copy of everything I typed.

  4. Re:This is just not true by WiglyWorm · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm pretty sure it's safe to presume they didn't use a typewriter to post to the message board.

  5. typewriter is dead by CosaNostra+Pizza+Inc · · Score: 1, Funny

    The typewriter died out because they never implemented an "Any" key.