LR-11221 - Having lived with the 5 1/4 inch floppy disk when these 3 1/2 inch arrived on the scene and still called floppy with very little floppyness apart from the disk inside you have to wonder why they where still called floppy.
Obsolete
This is an interesting word for me as I have been involved in technology for a number of years (e.g. more than two). So modern technology in my world what is released into the public domain is probably obsolete and the creators are cashing in on the mass market.
Definition
Adjective
No longer produced or used; out of date.
Verb
Cause (a product or idea) to be or become obsolete by replacing it with something new: "we're obsoleting last year's designs".
Synonyms
antiquated - out-of-date - outdated - old-fashioned
tags
Great Broadband
Monday, 7 January 2013
Hard to be Floppy !
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