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From: u545731798ea@deneb.ucdavis.edu (L. Greg DeMichillie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: NeXT's BIG 3.5" mistake.
Message-ID: <3199@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>
Date: 24 Oct 88 05:34:15 GMT
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Reply-To: u545731798ea@deneb.ucdavis.edu.UUCP (L. Greg DeMichillie)
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The read/write CD is really nice for archival storage, but it is not the
ideal medium to distribute traditional software.  Can you imagine buying a 
copy of PageMaker.  Yes sir, here is your 256 megabyte disk, with all of 2
megs used!  It's like using a chainsaw to cut butter!

Note that I said *traditional* software.  If however you are buying something
that is, by nature, large (i.e. the Los Angeles County phone book) then the
large disk size a very nice feature.


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L. Greg DeMichillie               "This is the 80's... I don't want to wait 
Apple Student Rep - UC Davis              15 milliseconds"  
lgdemichillie@ucdavis.edu          - computer store customer on why he wanted 
AppleLink: ST0178                       a 50ms hard disk and NOT a 65 ms.

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