Personally I think the standard CD-ROM is going to be readable for a long,
long time. Perhaps not forever, but the PC industry has settled down a bit
since the wild transitions from 8 inch floppies to 5 1/4 to 3 1/2.
I keep the 'master' on my hard drive (mirrored, of course) and believe it
will be readable through a generation or two.
Tom
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> On Tuesday, August 27, 2002 5:08 PM
> Jez.Cunningham wrote:
>
> "Are consumers who switch to digital point & shoot getting their pictures
> printed or do they all have a PC?
> Sure the negs won't be scratched. but how long before we start to hear
> 'they destroyed my flash card', 'they accidentally deleted the files and
> I've erased my card since'."
>
> In a recent Sydney newspaper an article on digital cameras pointed out
that
> the days of archived family photographs may well be numbered. With
galloping
> technology it could be too difficult for the average consumer to keep up
> with changing storage methodologies and unless hard copy is made and kept
> (and kept in an appropriate environment) those much loved family images
may
> fritter away. We've had numerous threads on the list regarding other
aspects
> of the digital photographic revolution but I can't remember if this one
was
> discussed. Any comments?
>
> John.
>
>
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