Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Steve Kale
<stevekale@b...> wrote:
> I am sorry but this is simply stupid.  The individual who said he
used DVDs
> for backup did not suggest that once the images were on the DVD that
was the
> end of it.  It is a form of data storage used today and wisely used to
> backup and store data.  That doesn't mean that when a new (and probably
> better) storage medium becomes available that the data (original or
backup)
> can't be moved to the new storage medium. 

Of course it can.  That was my POINT!!

He said he wants to leave it behind to make it "easy" for people in
the future to see his images.  My point was that he's making it HARD
for them by imposing the burden of HAVING to convert it to newer
formats.   remeber, HE wasn't volunteering to do it; he's going to be
in his grave.  he expects others in the future to do the work.   

What I'm saying is that if he wants to leave his art to posterity he
should be asking what form he can leave it in that will last the
longest with the LEAST amount of ongoing work.