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Subject: Erase Button Pressed for Lou Ottens

Written By: LyricBoy on 03/11/21 at 7:50 pm

Legendary Dutch inventor Lou Ottens, father of the Compact Cassette tape cartridge, has passed away at the age of 94.  :\'(

https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/11/europe/lou-ottens-dies-scli-intl/index.html

Ottens also supervised the Phillips engineering crew that developed the Compact Disc.  8)

Subject: Re: Erase Button Pressed for Lou Ottens

Written By: nally on 03/11/21 at 8:12 pm


Legendary Dutch inventor Lou Ottens, father of the Compact Cassette tape cartridge, has passed away at the age of 94.  :\'(

https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/11/europe/lou-ottens-dies-scli-intl/index.html

Ottens also supervised the Phillips engineering crew that developed the Compact Disc.  8)

I had not realized he was the innovator of those things. Ya learn something new every day!

R.I.P. Lou

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