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http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/05/03/30/1819245.shtml?tid=198&tid=4&tid=218
http://www.dvda.org/html/nist_survey.php

How Long Do You Want Digital Media To Last?
Data Storage
IT
Posted by timothy on Wednesday March 30, @01:40PM
from the until-1-day-before-I-need-it dept.

spamfiltertest writes "CNET asks 'Would you like your digital-storage media to last 20 years, 25 years, 30 years, 35 years or 40 years?' If you're an organization or government agency, the U.S. government and an optical-disc industry group would like you to answer that question in a quick survey. I would think that we would like our data to last forever, but maybe it's just me."

 

[sprsk]

itd be nice if there was a digital medium that never corrupted itself. something i could store photos on.

 

[XMonkey]

As long as they can make it. Whether thats 20 years or 100 years, I don't care.

 

[The Faceless Master]

how long it lasts wouldn't be an issue IF WE COULD MAKE LEGITIMATE BACKUPS!