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Subject:RE: Alternative to floppy From:"Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:44:19 -0400
Good point! Not an unreasonable freebie, especially if it has the
company logo on the side. I will mention it to Marketing.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Geoff Lane
> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 4:38 AM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Re: Alternative to floppy
>
> It seems that the best way out might be to ship a $5 USB
> memory stick with the product, increasing the cost by $5 if
> necessary. You can then tell your user to copy the
> configuration file to the memory stick provided, slide the
> write-protect tab, and keep in a safe place for future
> reference. You know that will work since you provide the
> servers, which all have USB ports. FWIW I suspect that $5 a
> pop will be cheaper than having to support all those who
> complain that they don't have a floppy drive/CD burner/spare
> USB drive!
>
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