That figure may have been for pressed CDs, not ones you burn. The ones
you burn only last a few years, tops, significantly less than tape.
Tape, when properly stored and actively maintained, can last up to 15
years.
I notice that the last week or so there was an article or two
quoting terribly wrong lifespans for various physical media.
NARA has had several research publications on that topic, though I am too
lazy to hunt for the URLs right now. I would consider them or any other
corresponding institutions in other countries to be authoritative.
As people accumulate data, file corruption via degradation of the physical
medium will become more an issue. How well does OpenDocument resist
getting a few bits flipped or dropped?
-Lars
Lars Nooden ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Software patents endanger the legal certainty of software.
Keep them out of the EU by writing your MEP, keep the market open.
On Thu, 19 Jan 2006, Chuck wrote:
I read somewhere that data recorded on a CD-R is supposed to be good for
between 100 and 200 years. They must have spent some time in an
environment that's hostile towards CDs during those 14 months. Were
they bound to or from the US? Maybe one of the countries they travelled
through was on the terrorist list and they got held up at the CIA or
something.
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