Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/14

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Film vs Digital
From: dnygr at cshore.com (dnygr)
Date: Wed Jul 14 10:54:08 2004

While we ponder what film there might be available in 5 to 10 years, we 
might also ask where digital will be. Bill Gates said this week that CDs and 
DVDs will be passe within 10 years. Given that my 1985 computer won't read 
my 2004 discs, will my 2014 computer be able to read my files from 2004. In 
other words, will our digital files be obsolete before long? Will our 
storage devices be dependable over the long haul?  Is current digital 
equipment just one of many of the new waves of technology? Will film 
continue to be around when our current digital equipment is like a whale out 
of water?  

I do digital, but I don't kid myself about it's longevity.

Doug Nygren                 

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