Uncle Grumpy wrote:
Anyone who is trying to use CDs/DVDs as backup/storage media is a
neanderthal. Same goes for those using flash drives for the same
purpose.

I said "some areas", not necessarily as a backup/LTS medium. Of course,
glue leaching is less of a problem when you're not looking at LTS, but
exploding optical drives can still be a problem.

One area that springs to mind where optical discs are still important is
for sending large files to others. The internet is still not really
reliable enough for this, and flash drives and portable hard drives have
a high initial investment. Optical discs you can simply burn onto and
send off with minimal investment.

Ever hear about the humongous - and CHEAP - external drives that are
available?

I hear that using sticky labels on the platters of those is also a bad idea.

--
Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher
http://ed.mvps.org