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Lockheed Chosen For Electronic Records Archives

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the things-i-need-for-my-basement dept.

TrentL writes "How will we be able to read 1990's email messages in the year 2090? Will GIF files still be accessible in 2105? The US National Archives - tasked with preserving records "for the life of the republic" - has chosen Lockheed Martin to solve exactly this problem. Lockheed was awarded the $308M Electronic Records Archives contract after a year-long design competition. Full Disclosure: I worked on Lockheed's demo team."

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  1. GIF? by crimethinker · · Score: 4, Funny
    Of course we'll be able to read GIF files! By then, all the stupid patents should have expired (pending action by the House of Misrepresentatives, of course).

    We're just lucky that Walt didn't dream up LZW compression while he was working on Steamboat Mickey, or we'd have patents lasting for the author's life plus 90 years!

    -paul

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  2. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 5, Funny

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  3. The US National Archives by isotope23 · · Score: 4, Funny

    tasked with preserving records "for the life of the republic"

    Task completed......

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  4. How about Clay? by Narmer_the_King · · Score: 5, Funny

    YES! Finally a job after all those years studying Akkadian! Clay tablets are some of the most durable media I know. At least they have a proven record. Vast numbers of documents illustrating the fascinating world of accounting, esp. Sumerian sheep and goat transactions, is available thanks to the scribal choice of clay (combined with hot arid conditions). Will soon Lockheed HR soon be seeking 8-10 years of prior "Cuneiform/Pictographic" scribal experience? I can also read omens in the entrails of an ox. That can come in handy.