Sony To End Floppy Manufacturing

[Super TWiT]

Sony announced that they are going to cease the sale of floppies in japan by march of 2011. PC World stopped ordering them in 2007. Is this a sign for the rest of us that its time to stock pile these babies? However, it sounds as if sony may continue to sell floppies in the U.S. along with imation, maxell, verbatim, and staples. Here's a link to the PC World Article.

[Super TWiT]

I want to point out that maxell, imation, verbatim, and staples still make floppies (in america atleast) (haven't announced that they are going to quit) and that possibly sony of america may continue. Many news sites say that this is the death of the floppy, but the more I think about it, the less it seems like a big deal. Some people say that because sony did this others will follow soon, however many companies have pulled out of the floppy business, and not everyone followed suite.