[FWD] Samsung: "Goodbye floppick" - Lone @ 12:58

============================================================================== * Forwarded by Eugene Palenock (500:95/468.468) * Region : SU.HARDW.PC.MEDIA (/1229) * From : Breaker, 2:5093/27.20 (08 Sep 02 12:13) * To: All, * Topic : Samsung: "Goodbye floppick" - Lone @ 12:58 ============================================================================== @RealName: Andrey Mironov Hi All! Yesterday, Samsung Electronics, as they say, unilaterally announced that since 2003, no desktop PC or laptop produced by the company will not be equipped with FDD (floppy disk drives). At yesterday's press conference, according to Maeli Business Paper, the head the company emphasized that modern buyers are already accustomed to using more modern devices - flash memory or CD-RW disks, rather than FDD. Because Samsung currently controls more than 50% of the domestic market PC, other Korean off-the-shelf system makers are expected to follow her example. Of course, one could suspect Samsung of promoting its own memory to the detriment of floppy disks, unless you remember that the company itself is largest FDD supplier, selling up to 2.5 million devices annually. Obviously the company will also have to say goodbye to annual revenues of 220 billion won from FDD sales. By the way, Samsung is the general supplierfloppy drives for companies such as Trigem, LG Electronics and HyunJu Computer. P.S. Are you ready to give up FDD? Who scolded Samsung disk drives? You can rejoice - there will be no more of them :) Breaker. -+- ifmail v.2.14.os-p7-tma + Origin: Advanced Break Company (ABComp.) hdd@mailru.com (2:5093/27.20) ================================================================================ Hello All! Best regards, Evgeniy.