PC World says farewell to floppy

news article:

The time has come to bid farewell to one of the PC's more stalwart friends - the floppy disk.

Computing superstore PC World said it will no longer sell the storage devices, affectionately known as floppies, once existing stock runs out.

New storage systems, coupled with a need to store more than the 1.44 megabytes of data held by a standard floppy, have led to its demise.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6314251.stm

As for me, there will always be room in my life for the floppy disk... right next to my 8-track tapes.