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title: "Yet another product nowhere near your area"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2005/1/13/yet-another-product-nowhere-near-your-area.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2005/1/13/yet-another-product-nowhere-near-your-area.html"
published: "2005-01-13T23:51:00"
updated: "2005-01-13T23:51:00"
tags: ["Off Topic"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "A very cool, slick and easy to use CD/DVD holding and retrieval device, even with a discount for MSDN subscribers is, once again, offered only to customer in the US and Canada. I think that sucks. Especially after…"
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# Yet another product nowhere near your area

By Roy Osherove January 13, 2005 In [Off Topic](https://osherove.com/blog/category/off-topic)

**Historical article** · Originally published January 13, 2005; technical details may be outdated.

A very [cool, slick and easy to use CD/DVD holding and retrieval](http://msdn.imation.com/) device, even with a discount for MSDN subscribers is, once again, offered only to customer in the US and Canada. I think that sucks. Especially after watching [the demo](http://www.imation.com.au/products/disc_stakka/opdicom.html).

\[via [Larkware](http://www,larkware.com/)\]

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