Time is of the essence. If it takes 3 years to get this to market, HDDs will be at 6TB and much cheaper USB 3.0 thumb drives will be good sneakernet alternatives, leaving only the archive market.
With downloading supplanting Blu-ray and DVDs in the mass market, most households will be out of the optical habit by mid-2014. They'll have an uphill battle.
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