Chad Smith wrote:

Multiple copies are needed to help prevent against such loses, no matter
what format it's in.

Yet another reason why open formats are important. Because making copies of digital records is a heck of a lot cheaper for a given level of security than with paper. But all those copies will be worthless if 50 years later you want to access the data and there is no software that can read it.


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