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Posted: 22 May 2010 | 6:00 am

Technology changes faster each and every day, and one of the signs of the times is how fast products we once thought essential for business become redundant. The recent announcement by Sony that floppy disk sales were ending have brought about the end of an era.

Memory sticks, USB storage devices and cloud computing have all brought about the evolution of change. For those wishing to make use of their floppy disks, perhaps the most common one is flying them Frisbee like across the landscape. Needless to say the effect on a sunny day may create a few UFO reports.

Next up, CD's…….remember them?

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In was in KL recently and had to get a document printed up at the hotel's business centre. Of course their computer wasn't networked, so I had to copy the file and give it to the counter assistant to print.

"Where do I plug in my memory stick?" I asked. The assistant tutted, shook her head, then reached into a draw and handeed me a 1.41 floppy disc!!

For a minute I thought I'd fallen through a hole in time, but was soon reminiscing about the good old days when the whole operating system would fit on one of these. Now the average update from Microsoft would give a floppy a hernia.

I still have a few kicking around my home office, but I think they've all long since fossilized

Simon, 28 May 2010 | 12:59 am

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