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Re: [Digital BW] Archiving digital -- it's not the media, it's the device

2005-03-17 by Anthony G. Atkielski

Blaine Cavena writes:

> I'm not taking sides on the film/digital debate, but whether a CD
> will last 300 years really isn't the issue.  The issue is whether 
> anyone will have a CD reader in 20 years.

There will be millions of CD readers in 20 years; that's not going to be
a problem.

The real question is whether or not anyone will have bothered to record
photos to CDs in the first place.  Right now, nobody is backing anything
up.

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