Can we be so sure that the tape era is dead? In the remote sensing (satellite measured data) area the main storage method is still magnetic tape. It simply can store more data and is reliable for storing data long term. This point reminds me of the comment made by somebody in IBM a while back regarding writable cdroms and how they are not reliable in the long term (yet). Furthermore it is a bit of a concern when people store there digital photos on a medium that has yet to be truly tested in the long term. Current historians look at faded photos a hundred years old which still tell a story. Will a cdrom or dvd burned today be able to do the same in a hundred years.....
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Can we be so sure that the tape era is dead? In the remote sensing (satellite measured data) area the main storage method is still magnetic tape. It simply can store more data and is reliable for storing data long term. This point reminds me of the comment made by somebody in IBM a while back regarding writable cdroms and how they are not reliable in the long term (yet). Furthermore it is a bit of a concern when people store there digital photos on a medium that has yet to be truly tested in the long term. Current historians look at faded photos a hundred years old which still tell a story. Will a cdrom or dvd burned today be able to do the same in a hundred years.....