http://www.chadsnews.com/2007/11/20/the-intelligent-choice-in-the-hd-format-war/ News items and other various tidbits that Chad Cloman finds interesting enough to share with his friends. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:48:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 http://www.chadsnews.com/2007/11/20/the-intelligent-choice-in-the-hd-format-war/#comment-1906 Sun, 25 Nov 2007 17:08:28 +0000 http://www.chadsnews.com/2007/11/20/the-intelligent-choice-in-the-hd-format-war/#comment-1906 I have seen many signs that spinning optical media is reaching the end of its life: SSD becoming cheap and affordable; everyone downloading their music to their MP3 players; downloadable movies; companies I work with no longer offer updates except via download; and lastly Mr. Gates' prediction of the end of all physical media. I believe we will go to Read Only SSDs and then nothing. While this article talks about the various media formats, similar to Chad's link, for me the relevant bit is the prediction of the end. See <a href="http://www.edn.com/article/CA6309108.html" rel="nofollow"> http://www.edn.com/article/CA6309108.html</a> I've quoted the relevant bits ... Bill Gates, ... said: "For [Microsoft], it's not the physical format. Understand that this is <b>the last physical format there will ever be</b> [Emphasis by Josh, not Bill]. Everything's going to be streamed directly or on a hard disk. So, in this way, it's even unclear how much this one counts" I have seen many signs that spinning optical media is
reaching the end of its life: SSD becoming cheap and
affordable; everyone downloading their music to their
MP3 players; downloadable movies; companies I work
with no longer offer updates except via download; and
lastly Mr. Gates’ prediction of the end of all
physical media. I believe we will go to Read Only
SSDs and then nothing.
While this article talks about the various media
formats, similar to Chad’s link, for me the relevant
bit is the prediction of the end. See
http://www.edn.com/article/CA6309108.html
I’ve quoted the relevant bits
… Bill Gates, … said: “For [Microsoft], it’s not
the physical format. Understand that this is the
last physical format there will ever be [Emphasis
by Josh, not Bill]. Everything’s going to be streamed
directly or on a hard disk. So, in this way, it’s
even unclear how much this one counts”

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