Re: A2 Trade/Swap???? site ... CD-ROM lifespan

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Paul Schlyter writes ...
> 
> In article <20000627182954.01857.00000108@ng-da1.aol.com>,
> Obsbedia2 <obsbedia2@aol.com> wrote:
> 
> > Are even CD Roms the way to go?  An
> > article in Time or Newsweek a year or
> > two ago stated that CD Roms have a lifespan of only 5 years.
> 
> Which is clearly erroneous.  My oldest CD-ROM is now 10 years old, and
> it can still be read with no problem.
 ....

     Not so sure about this. It may be that CD-ROMs created using some
processes on some media are not as long-lived as might be expected.



Rubywand