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th...@aloha.cc.columbia.edu (Tom  Hong) writes:
>In article <39kjc9$9...@harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au>,
>GM Enierga <gme...@lindblat.cc.monash.edu.au> wrote:
>>	I can give you one reason: there ARE people out there who do NOT have
>>CD-ROMs.  I am one of those people.  The major reason I guess is that I have
>>yet to see or hear of _A_ particular game that is GOOD on CD-ROM compared to
>>the HD version.  Most CDROM games out there are basically floppy releases with
>[snip]

>	Therein lies the age-old argument.  I remember back 10 years ago when
>people bitched about not being able to play games on their computer because
>they only have tape drives on their Apple IIs, TRS-80s, or Commodores, and the
>games were released on floppies.  This is the same situation as today; those
>like you who don't have CD ROM drives are going to complain about not being
>able to use these programs.  Well, technology won't wait.  As for the game
>manufacturers, they abide by the adage, "you either lead, follow, or get out
>of the way."  'Nuff said.
>TRH Sends

	Well then as you correctly pointed out, when something comes out that
warrants the need to buy a CD-ROM (in my opinion, ie) I will finally buy it
I just hope that a cheap writable cd-rom drive compatible with all CDROMS will
not come out a month later.

							- Falcon