30, 20, and 10 Years Ago in OPN

“‘In my 30 years in magnetic recording, optical recording has always been, is today, and will always remain the recording technology of the future,’ John Malinson, a champion of magnetic data storage, proclaimed to much laughter. ‘I feel like the policeman at the party, or the fireman at a fire,’ he said, making his opinion clear from the start. ‘I’m here basically to quench some of your ardor for lasers and optical things … trying to convince you in 10 minutes flat that magnetic recording is here to stay and nothing is going to displace it.’”