There's an interesting little website that I like to visit and lurk around called, FreeSoftwareMagazine.com . For the most part, those folks are talking waaaaay over my head, but I like to go there and read with the hope that something worth while might sink into this massively opinionated brain of mine. A wonderfully gifted writer over there has documented an opinion of his which really grabbed my attention. I'm thinking that this guy is giving us a look directly into where a major portion of the future of our tech world is going.

Jabari Zakiya is the author and what he is predicting the eventual demise of the CD and DVD. His claim is that as the costs related to flash drive data storage systems recede into a consumer affordable context, those drives shall come to replace the optical disc drives we are so familiar with. He states that he believes this will change the very design and nature of our PCs. He makes a compelling case in which I'm inclined to agree.

I suspect that companies such as Sony Corp. (NYSE:SNE), Apple Computer Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Hewlett-PackardCo. (NYSE:HPQ) and Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) are quite up to speed on this concept and the implications it entails. This could be an upcoming change with an impact similar to the changes in data presentation from analog to digital. I don't really think that flash drives will bring on the demise of the CDs we've come to know. I will, however, buy into the concept that the coming generations of computers are preparing to take on new systems and forms that we have only dreamed about up until now.