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# 3.11
even more diskettes.

There was actually no market research behind the 3.5. The CEO of IMB one day went to his development team and said, 'I was a disk small enough and rigid enough to be kept in my shirt pocket.'
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Fri 21 Jan 2011, 10:34, archived)
# really?
for it's day though it was enough. The CD came along just in time and the DVD after that. Now USB flashdrives can hold up to 1Tb. I doubt it will be too long before we are seeing Petabyte drives in standard use
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Fri 21 Jan 2011, 10:41, archived)
# Again
the CD could contain the data it did so it could hold the entirety of the Sony CEO's wife's favourite piece of classical music.
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Fri 21 Jan 2011, 10:47, archived)
# really?
you know a lot about this sort of stuff.
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Fri 21 Jan 2011, 10:55, archived)
# Yes
Just nothing about anything useful:P
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Fri 21 Jan 2011, 11:04, archived)