Understand that this is the last physical format there will ever be.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Gates suggests physical media like discs or tapes are obsolete due to digital transition.
- In plain terms
- Physical copies of media are disappearing forever.
- What can you take from it?
- Digital formats are replacing physical ones.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you preserve memories without physical copies?
- What do you lose when formats vanish?
Another view
Physical media still persist in some niche or legacy contexts.
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