On Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 11:00:09 PM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Friday, April 9, 2021 at 1:08:23 AM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
>
> > There's not much use for optical drives in a world of solid state storage. In a few years there
> > won't be any mechanical drives around. We don't have any in this house. In a world of skinny
> > notebook computers and smart phones, there won't be any ports to plug in a
> > mechanical/optical drive.
> They'll be around, all right. Businesses don't get rid of gear just because
> it's gone out of style. For example, in aviation R&D, once you get your
> setup certified, it's a long and expensive process to change anything.
>
> Cindy Hamilton

Businesses change over their gear to fit the times. Feel free to cling to your CD burners. I think that's plain silly. Aviation will change to electric driven planes. It doesn't matter if it's going to be a long and expensive process. That's just the way it's going to be. Don't come to me and complain about it.