> > Most digital images taken today will be useless in 20 years -because the > quality has moved on, or the storage formats change and the old are no > longer readable.... I will always be able to look at the pictures I took on > slides and scan them again (color fading is no longer a problem of modern > films. Lifetime appears to be secure for 50-100 years storage time). >
No way. The installed base of jpg/tiff et al is huge. We'll be able to read that for at least as long as your slides last! As to the physical format, who cares? Any collection of pictures can be moved around a network as devices move to higher densities. -R
