Re: CD Life

Subject: Re: CD Life
From: eric -dot- dunn -at- ca -dot- transport -dot- bombardier -dot- com
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 11:31:50 -0400


bounce-techwr-l-106467 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com wrote on 07/29/2004 10:02:02 AM:
> Hi Folks,
> Can anyone shed light on the longevity of CDs?

The article this link is to doesn't address your question directly, but
it's one site to consult I would think:
http://www.dpconline.org/graphics/events/digitallongevity.html

Googling "digital archiving longevity" gave lots of good hits.

The important issue to me and the major flaw of all things digital and
electronic, as outlined in the article, is that digital archiving must be
an active and continued effort. While there is a chance that you'll find
photos and mementos that have miraculously survived in a trunk your
parent's, grandparents, or even great-grandparents attic, the chances of
digital archives being useful if left to survive by chance alone is
virtually nil. While a yellowed photo or document will bring back old
memories, an 8 or 12 inch floppy with unknown files in an unknown format
are worthless. You could retrieve the images from old film, no matter what
size or standard, one way or another relatively easily. Video tape on the
other hand? How many memories are lost (if not irretrievable, soon to be
so) on old Beta tapes, VHS-C, etc, etc

Makes my sticking to good old 35mm seem reasonable. ;)

Eric L. Dunn
Senior Technical Writer

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References:
CD Life: From: dan . gallagher

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