Hi, Thursday, March 18, 2004, 8:51:20 AM, Jostein wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mishka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> raw is *guaranteed* to be readable for as long as C complilers are >> available, since dcraw.c is an easily available open source program. >> just burn the source code together with the images once. in fact, >> i think, this is the only reasonable archival format for digital >> camera images: it keeps all the information camera captures, but >> no more. > I trust you can give everyone who needs it a good crash course in C > compilation in ten years time, then. :-) > Pleas put me on the list. > I agree with you that C compilers are likely to be around for 10 more years, > but in a longer perspective, you will need to burn the compiler along with > the image data, and archive a computer with an operating system that can run > the compiler as well. all you need is the file format syntax and semantics. Then you can use whatever programming language and operating system will be the flavour of the month in 10 years time. -- Cheers, Bob
