Holographic memory and speed of access == 

 Just noticed on Holographic_memory: 

 "As of 2002, planned holographic products did not aim to compete head to head with hard drives, but instead to find a market niche based on virtues such as speed of access." 

 I sincerely hope not. Why in the world would they not want to make this product for the mass consumer? Think about it:  The entire hard drive market is pretty much defined by lack of speed of access. Even with the high data rates of modern hard drives, once those heads start to fly to other sectors they become as slow as molasses. I can't even begin to count the number of times a computer has frustrated me or a friend when the OS decides it needs to access information from a million places. Swapping software to/from the swap file can be especially painful. I think anybody with a computer would benefit from instant access rather than having to wait for a physical head to move across a platter. 

 Thinking that this would only appeal to a niche market is IMHO a critical lack of judgement.   

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