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Did you read the article? This is a few pages in: > Now, to be clear, 3M did not invent magnetic storage—that was done by Austro-German engineer Fritz Pfleumer
by charrondev 3y ago
Did you read the article?
This is a few pages in:
> Now, to be clear, 3M did not invent magnetic storage—that was done by Austro-German engineer Fritz Pfleumer, in 1928. He created audio tape, a recording medium that started as broad strips of paper coated with iron-powder granules, and eventually moved to less-fragile cellulose acetate with help from what would become another big name in floppy disks, BASF. At first, the innovation didn’t spread outside of Germany because of World War II.
- CharlesW 3y agoMy friend, I didn't say "magnetic storage". The title says "3M's Floppy Disk", which implies that 3M created the floppy disk. The subtitle calls 3M, "the high-profile creator of magnetic media", only later making it clear that this is also incorrect. This also implies that 3M invented the floppy: "…3M started with the raw materials and the manufacturing processes, and combined those into computing’s greatest commodity item, the floppy disk." Finally, the article notes that the only medium that 3M did have a hand in creating, the Floptical disk, flopped. Assuming that the author even realizes that they're being ambiguous, I would've preferred that they didn't misrepresent 3M's role.
- robbiep 3y agoNot op but > The title says "3M's Floppy Disk", which implies that 3M created the floppy disk If I put up a blog post about Robbiep’s spaghetti bolognaise, or Robbiep’s quadcopter, I don’t think anyone would misinterpret me as having invented those things. It’s an apostrophe of ownership, not an apostrophe of authourship. Despite what it says elsewhere in the article