mlsstl;685938 Wrote: > Even that is an unnecessary level of paranoia in my book. There are an > endless number of transcoders out there and they aren't going to > disappear. > > Not too long ago I had to open a Lotus AmiPro word processing file from > 20 years ago. That's a program I haven't used since the early 90s but > had no big problem opening it and converting it to MS Word. > > While I happen to be fond of open-source solutions (I'm a Linux user > from way back and most of my music collection is in FLAC), I've not > lost any sleep worrying about that portion of my collection that's > stored in some other file format.
How about this problem? (http://www.universetoday.com/20850/forgotten-apollo-data-could-solve-moon-dust-problem/) "Old, forgotten data from three Apollo moon missions could help overcome one of the biggest environmental hurdles facing future lunar colonists. Pervasive moon dust can clog equipment, scratch helmet visors or worse, get inside astronaut lungs and cause serious health problems. But 173 data tapes hold information that could be essential in overcoming the problems the dust causes. The only trouble is that the tapes are archived on ancient 1960′s technology and no one could find the right equipment to playback the tapes." That was only forty odd years ago. One thing I've learned in my 20+ years in IT -- digital rot never sleeps. You think you have all your ducks in a row, until one fine morning you wake up with 173 data tapes that no machine in the world can read again... -- magiccarpetride ------------------------------------------------------------------------ magiccarpetride's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37863 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93111
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