Re: Free Linux Driver Development!

[Lennart Sorensen]

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
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