From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161302AbXBGNui (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Feb 2007 08:50:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161303AbXBGNui (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Feb 2007 08:50:38 -0500 Received: from caffeine.uwaterloo.ca ([129.97.134.17]:51927 "EHLO caffeine.csclub.uwaterloo.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161302AbXBGNuh (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Feb 2007 08:50:37 -0500 Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 08:50:36 -0500 To: Sunil Naidu Cc: Akemi Yagi , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Free Linux Driver Development! Message-ID: <20070207135036.GJ7584@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> References: <20070130012904.GA9617@kroah.com> <20070130191020.GF20642@kroah.com> <20070131011340.GP3754@stusta.de> <20070131012428.GA31759@kroah.com> <20070131021431.GR3754@stusta.de> <20070205094947.GA32384@suse.de> <8355959a0702060537jbd96e96sc10772f72f9491b3@mail.gmail.com> <8355959a0702070533r73332e2enfdef9ee7edd24fb@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8355959a0702070533r73332e2enfdef9ee7edd24fb@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i From: lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Lennart Sorensen) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 07:03:26PM +0530, Sunil Naidu wrote: > Yep, still floppies are useful. Example, when we buy a new device > (driver) with a floppy (sometimes by manufacturer). Plus, from the > customer (not user) POV, what's wrong in spending another $10 for a > FDD in a typical $1000 PC? Makes sense right ;-) Well certainly anyone with windows that needed a driver for their sata controller better have a floppy drive (well apparenly vista now knows about these amazing things called usb and optical drives... :). I also find them handy as an emergency grub boot method, although I guess most new machines could boot that from cd if necesary. Personally I just stick in a $25 floppy and usb memory card reader in one. Very handy, and doesn't waste space that way. -- Len Sorensen