“Understand that this is the last physical format there will ever be.”

—  Bill Gates

On Blu-ray. interview The Daily Princetonian (14 Oct 2005) https://archive.is/20130628234752/www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2005/10/14/news/13474.shtml <br class="br">2000s

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