On Tue, 2010-03-16, Doug Ewell wrote: > The other silly aspect of this "will it be readable in 1000 years" > argument is the supposition that the documents will sit, forgotten, for > 1000 years until some future archaeologist digs them up and wants to > decipher them.
> Obviously, if a newer and more wonderful format comes along that > obsoletes PDF or HTML or whatever, there will surely be a utility (or, > more likely, a spate of them) to convert data from the old format to the > new format. The RFC series, and zillions of documents more valuable > than 80% of the RFC series, will be converted and will exist in both old > and new formats LONG before there is any risk of irreversible > obsolescence. I am haunted by the reports I've heard of NASA plaintively requesting *anybody* to provide them with a 7-track tape machine to allow them to read old data tapes from the 1960's and 1970's. Not so much 1000 years as 40 years! -- Bill McQuillan <mcqui...@pobox.com> _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
