That was another point he was making, media like cd and magnetic media doesn't have the lifespan of clay tablets :-) There was mention of MO during the interview, but I kinda missed exactly what he said.
How can you prove they last 100 years, only by waiting & seeing :-). Reminds me of getting tetanus shots and the doctor saying "when these first came out they recommended getting a booster every 5 years, cos we thought thats how long it would last, now we believe its 10 years and in another five they will extend it to 15 years." hmm I wonder how many clay tablets to record, say, kernel 2.4? On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 15:53:25 +1200 Carl Cerecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nick Rout wrote: > > Just was out & about in the car and heard on National Radio aninterview > > with a [Canadian|US] archivist in the country for some work. The > > relevant point to this list was the specific mention of open source > > formats and software in the context of creating records that would be > > usable in the future. > > On a related topic, my boss today got a MO (Magneto-Optical) drive, and > has set it up fine under Linux. The MO media (size of floppy, with > 640MB) is supposed to last something like 100 years and 1,000,000 > writes. they cost about $25 bucks each though, depending on capacity. > > A month ago we tried unsuccessfully to get data off a 4yr old CD-R, > leading to the search for something more stable. > > Cheers, > Carl. > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
