On 27 Apr 2006 at 22:59, Leon Altoff wrote: > Computers have become so tied up with the whole multi-media thing that > they NEED to maintain compatibility with people's CD and DVD > collections. My DVD collection is only about 100 or so, but I know > people with over 500 DVD's and countless CDs. The cost of conversion is > prohibitive and unless compatibility is maintained then take up of any > new technology will be slow. Manufacturers don't want this so for a > minor increase in cost they will build in the compatibility - until the > content suppliers come up with a new way of licensing the content (and > that is happening as we speak too).
I too think that CD and at the least DVD media will remain readily readable for some time, I guess at least 25 years and they will be commonplace in computers for the next 10-15 years even if just as a legacy media function of a new multi- disc drive. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:/home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
