Modern floppy disk question...

[Eric Smith]

Jim wrote:
> To which I can only conjecture:  Today there is less of
> a demand for 3.5" media, so maybe the lack of competition/demand results
> in an inferior product due to cost cutting?

I think they went bad because of *intense* competition.

Now that the competition may be easing up, the result is that the price
goes up, but the quality doesn't.  The manufacturers have learned that
they can sell crap, so they have no incentive to improve the product.

Eric