Hey, if it works, yes, the problem with a flash drive, is if you plug it into a bad USB slot, it could fry it.
But with a DVD, simply dropping it on the floor could scratch it up beyond use. I think selling it in flash drives is a good idea (that's all I use to install builds of Win7 now anyway) except i think MS would lose a lot of money because they're giving you a free flash drive. You could buy Win7 on the flash drive, then copy the contents of the drive somewhere else, format it, and there you have it: a ~4GB flash drive and Windows 7 for the price of just Windows 7.
Maybe they'll start distributing a hardware "dongle" (USB device), so no one could use an illegal copy as it phones home from time to time to check the license
Honestly,, if MS goes to dongles, I will switch to Linux over night.
Without a doubt will do all in my power to make Linux the next best thing, or ReactOS.
I will petition investers on behalf of them to get dev money to push the support for those alternatives.
MS will lose me completely and without remorse.
I absolutely despise dongled software,, and it has absolutely nothing to do with Piracy.
The dongles suck, and half the time they don't work. The other half all you need is a loopback