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To: Burt Roger who wrote (1228)	9/9/1998 2:39:00 PM
From: Savant	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18366

When a device has a spinning disk, that is the first moving part. The head, which is usually the part which is parked, is the next moving part, and is comprised of a number of pieces which move also. The parking puts the head to the side and keeps the head from bouncing and hitting the surface of the disk. I see the flash devices as having NO moving parts, which to me seems to be a tremendous advantage as long as the storage size, data access/input times, energy consumption, and price point are comparable. The hard disks always have a MTBF..mean time before failure..which is growing longer each year, but still exists. The flash devices will have one also, but if I remember correctly is at least hundreds of thousands of accesses which should be more than sufficient for most needs. I look forward to hearing more details of the development agreement