[mdlug] Compression and Archiving

[John Wiersba]

> From: Garry Stahl <tesral at wowway.com>

>
> > Jeff Hanson wrote:
> > Also keep a copy of the current PDF readers as the format will change
> > over the years and todays PDFs may not be compatible with the
> > applications of tomorrow.
> >
> > Obviously this implies keeping a copy of the OS and support libraries.
> >  Since x86 may be long gone in ten years you should probably keep a PC
> > in storage to support the software and drives.
> >
> > (this only sounds ridiculous to those who haven't been involved in
> > corporate data archiving)
> 
> There is a lot to be said for paper.

And there's a lot to be said for ASCII (text) data.

-- John Wiersba