I know it's not popular with the high-tech crowd, but go with paper for long-term, stable and easy to use data storage. I'm a book conservator, and constantly work with books that are 300+ years old that are in pretty good shape, except for some minor problems with the case (cover). Acid-free paper will last 500 years or more, given even halfway decent storage conditions. Sure, it's subject to fire or other problems, but what isn't? And you don't have to worry about some long-obsolete technology being needed to read the data, or updating your media every time there a technology paradigm shift.
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I know it's not popular with the high-tech crowd, but go with paper for long-term, stable and easy to use data storage. I'm a book conservator, and constantly work with books that are 300+ years old that are in pretty good shape, except for some minor problems with the case (cover). Acid-free paper will last 500 years or more, given even halfway decent storage conditions. Sure, it's subject to fire or other problems, but what isn't? And you don't have to worry about some long-obsolete technology being needed to read the data, or updating your media every time there a technology paradigm shift.