Transcription: CD-ROM is a transitional technology. Is it going to go away? Is it just here for a few minutes while we find a better technology to deliver information? It's a question I love to answer because in my view, the transitional technology here is the personal computer. If anything is going to go away in the short term, it's the general purpose PC that requires a great deal of knowledge and understanding to operate and a lot of expensive hardware and software software in order to make useful. CD-ROM is a technique for delivering information at a distance. It's a wonderful way to archive information ...