Cassette Tapes About to Go the Way of Eight Tracks?

First it was the eight track, then Beta Format video tapes, then the VHS format then vinyl records then the floppy disk now the sign that we are at the end of an era--the cassette tape. Here is a New York Times article,Say So Long to an Old Companion: Cassette Tapes that reads the tealeaves and tells us that our dearly beloved cassette tapes are not long for this world.