That's a good thought, Bev. As someone in software engineering, however, I can say I don't see anything on the horizon. The internal medium might change (i.e. non-volatile memory, otherwise known as "flash" memory, might be replaced by something else), but the format and USB connection is likely to be around for years more because of how widely used they are. Now a question would be if there's a new USB version coming out (USB2 is pretty old now) or a more efficient file format, but if so they would almost certainly be backwards compatible, at least for a decade or so. Nancy Connecticut >________________________________ >From: Bev Walker <walker.b...@gmail.com> >To: Nancy Neff <nnef...@yahoo.com> >Cc: Arachne <lace@arachne.com>; Dmt11home <dmt11h...@aol.com> >Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 2:04 PM >Subject: Re: Fw: [lace] Twentieth anniversary flash drive > > >Just a thought about the fast pace of technology these days - it is possible that flash drives will be replaced by something else within two years? > > >On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 10:27 AM, Nancy Neff <nnef...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >Okay, I'll stick my neck out and post my response to the list. I'd spear-head >>it but I don't know how I could handle mailing out so many etc. The logistics >> >-- >Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada > >
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