-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Sydes [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 18 February 2003 14:34
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Use of CDs for long-term back-up
Dear any one interested in this topic! Some words from a mate of mine who
knows stuff!
"The article somewhat confuses medium and content. CDs are likely to be a
supported format for a very long time, given their ubiquity and the amount
of investment in them, though at some stage they will start to become less
common and that will be the time to transfer important data. I would predict
that DVD drives will always be able to read CDs.
The data that is stored on CDs may be in some proprietary or obscure format
that may no longer be used by any programs, or it may be in a standard
format that will have a longer life. This is a separate issue that will hold
for whatever storage medium you use, and should be much more of a concern.
Will the program you use to restore data run on a future operating system?
The sad fact is that there is no future-proof storage for digital data, but
CDs are actually quite a good bet at the moment (CD-Rs, definitely , CD-RW
less so). The main problem with them is the size limit of 700Mb or so, which
will be overcome once all the DVD standards are finally sorted out."
Cheers
Bob
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Heyworth [ mailto:[log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ]
> Sent: 18 February 2003 09:51
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Use of CDs for long-term back-up
>
> In the CSA (Center for the Study of Architecture/Archaeology) newsletter
> volume XI(1) for spring 1998 at:
>
> http://www.csanet.org/newsletter/spring98/nls9808.html
<http://www.csanet.org/newsletter/spring98/nls9808.html>
>
> there is a short note by Nick Eiteljorg on "Using CDs for Important
> Information" which contains the wise words that CD-ROMs are:
>
> "clearly a technology on the way to the computer dustbin"!
>
> Mike
>
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