In the immortal words of Matthew Stier (Matthew.Stier@tddny.fujitsu.com):
Fujitsu makes Tamagotchi's, however I wouldn't recommend that Network Appliance incorporate them into the their filers.
*giggle* Can I quote you on that, repeatedly and out of context? :)
NetApp use 1.44MB floppies because they are an industry standard. The LS120 is the best floppy replacement for the filer, because it supports the 1.44MB floppy format natively.
I'd still like to see NetApp add flash memory to store the boot images.
I guess my feeling is that the only thing as (or more) ubiquitous (and cheap) as the 1.4M floppy is the CD-ROM drive, and the burners at this point are a petty-cash requisition for most outfits. All Netapp would need to do would be to either offer complete cd images for download or (better yet for space/speed reasons) define a standard directory structure that you could put the files in for an iso9660 cd...
-n
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