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- From: rodgers@engcon.marshall.ltv.com (KMRODGERS)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.advocacy
- Subject: CD ROM Drives (was Re: Windows quicksand)
- Message-ID: <975@engcon.marshall.ltv.com>
- Date: 21 Jul 92 17:19:27 GMT
- References: <1992Jul14.162438.23205@jpradley.jpr.com> <1992Jul14.212349.15478@adobe.com>
- Reply-To: rodgers@engcon.UUCP (KMRODGERS)
- Organization: LTV MEG, Dallas, TX
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- In article <1992Jul14.212349.15478@adobe.com> byer@adobe.com (Scott Byer) writes:
- >Jeff Markel writes
- >> I'm a "professional"....I don't have a CD-ROM drive, nor do I know anyone
- >> who does, other than a yupster who wanted an on-line
- >> encyclopedia for his 2 year-old.
- >It's the 90's, dude.
- >CD-Rom is now the distribution method of choice in the
- >workstation market. NeXT, SGI, and Dec all distribute
- >OS releases and documentation on CD-Rom. Apple
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- [rest deleted]
-
- Although I'm a proponent of software distribution on CD-ROM, I believe that
- its market acceptance is far less than Scott implies. The indicated part
- above shows this; yes, OS releases in the Unix world are usually on CD-ROM,
- but very few third-party applications are. In the DEC and Sun world, almost
- all of the third-party apps come on TK-50 (DEC) or 1/4" cartridge (Sun).
- Matlab, MATRIXx, Anvil, Unigraphics, PV-Wave, WordPerfect, etc. are all on
- tape. Vendors are moving to CD-ROM, but I venture a guess that it will take
- at least three more years before the majority of workstation software will
- be released on CD-ROM.
-
- For home users, the main problem is still the price of the drives. To get
- a good-performance drive, you still have to shell out at least $400. Unless
- I'm a software professional who can't get along without stuff that's only out
- on CD-ROM, I can't justify this kind of expense for my home system.
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- Kevin Rodgers LTV Aerospace rodgers%engcon@uunet.uu.net
- I only speak (in tongues) for Brother Bob Tilton!
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