Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/18

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Subject: Re: Storing Images
From: bholmes@frii.com (Ben Holmes)
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 08:49:16 -0600 (MDT)

>Do you think that 200 years from now people will have technology that can
>read your CDs?  Can you read an 8 inch floppy that was made maybe 10 years
>ago?   Or even a 5 1/4 floppy?
>
>Dan C.
>
Dan, consider that in 200 years there may not even be people to try to read
your files. At the moment though, CDROM is the most widely used digital
storage format on the planet.
Regards,

Ben W. Holmes
Boulder, CO

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