Even if you eventually log on, watch the byte count slowly crawl along a few KB at a time during download. The fun begins when you find that the file has mysteriously been corrupted and you must start all over again. Please, just mail the floppy to me. It is very likely that a diskette was the medium of choice. If you think of each new product just as a replacement for some existing one, then you have misunderstood storage technology.
New products are successful because they create new possibilities and challenging opportunities.
Of course not. Diskettes are well established, and have an immense and growing installed base. Some day, diskettes, automobiles, airplanes, and even the space shuttle will be obsolete. When this will happen is not clear, but certainly not in six months. One word of caution however.