Re: Electronic Publishing Resources

> 100 year+ archival storage media available (CDs, DVD) made with gold,

Yes, those should be used whenever something deserves to be kept (have done it myself).

But I would expect even in 10 years it will be difficult to buy a device capable of reading CDs and DVDs. Not impossible, just difficult. In 30 years it will be impossible.

I had identified a business opportunity for a service to provide a "digital vault" service, which would guarantee a longterm ability to migrate anything stored digitally to the current format/media. Unfortunately, some folks have not paid attention to history. If you want something to last, publish it in a book. Hopefully in 50 years schools will still be teaching those skills.

Bill Kepner