It makes sense now, but will it make sense in 10 years? With today's DVD technology, is it completely unlikely that ISO CD formats may not be supported by then? Is it not possible that CDs will go the way of 8-track tapes, beta-max, and 3.25 " floppy and 100 Mega-byte Zip drives?
I can store more data on a memory stick than I can on a CD. In 10 years, I expect I'll be able to store as much as 20 times the data of a CD on a stick - and I don't think the stick uses the ISO format. It would be a shame to have to support an "ISO format converter" in 10 years so that people could access the older IETF documents and proceedings... -- Eric --> -----Original Message----- --> From: Michael C. StJohns [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 2:14 PM --> To: Andy Bierman; [EMAIL PROTECTED] --> Cc: ietf@ietf.org --> Subject: Re: Proceeding CDs --> --> At 01:57 PM 10/6/2006, Andy Bierman wrote: --> >If I really wanted to have a CD of the proceedings, --> >then I would want to retrieve a .iso file from the archive. --> --> Actually, I *like* this option a lot. --> --> I don't see any reason to continue to produce the CDs, but --> I do see a --> need for a permanent archival form and having an ISO I --> could download --> and burn (or mount for that matter) makes a lot of sense. --> --> Mike --> --> --> _______________________________________________ --> Ietf mailing list --> Ietf@ietf.org --> https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf --> _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
