On 11 Jul 2011, at 02:05, Paul Eggert wrote: > I agree with Joel that we should keep the gzip version around > for a while, at least until the xz folks get around to > writing an Internet RFC for the format and so forth. > > It's not just a matter of distribution; it's also > a matter of archiving. 100 years from now, I expect > there will still be gzip readers, but I'm not as sure there > will be xz-as-of-2011 readers.
If Moore's Law holds up for hard drives, they will have a yottabyte of storage, and if Nielsen's Law for networks holds up, the bandwidth will be a zettabyte/second. Hans
