Digital BW, The Print

jnhugo writes:

> I really think families should still shot their events on film. Film
> will last much longer than digital files. Few home photographers
> practice proper back-up of their digital files and every computer will
> have a crash event that will threaten the hard drive.

Kodak feels the same way; they once predicted that at least 80% of all
digital photos will be lost, because they are being stored on disk
drives for which there are no backups.  When the disk fails, the photos
disappear.

> I predict in 20 years from now there are going to be many many 23 and
> 24 year olds who will be pissed off because there are no pictures of
> thier chidhood-because dad didn't back up properly and all were lost
> in the early part of the century due to a computer hard drive crash.

I agree.  It will all be gone.  The chances of those digital photos
surviving are about the same as the chances of all e-mail surviving
(that is to say, almost nonexistent).