Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > The *only* way to ensure that your work will persist through > time is to publish it. NO photographic recording media lasts > forever. Good, archival process prints can last a while, both > silver-gelatin and quality inkjet, based on the quality of > the paper (and ink) used and the conditions of storage. But > even those processes have their limits. > > Printed books will outlast most other paper-based media, > particularly if they become part of a library collection, if > cared for properly. > Published works that are digitized and placed into some large > body of auto-backed up, auto-replicated storage facilities > have the potential to last "forever" without degradation.
Well that's me well and truly stuffed then. I'm about as likely to get my work published as NASA are of launching a manned landing on the Sun. Malcolm
