Re: Golden Canon

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Stewart Brand
Wed, 25 Feb 1998 13:29:56 -0800


At 3:58 PM -0500 2/25/98, Ken Thibodeau wrote:
>The migration process is less complex than the backup process in a
>computer center, but is only done once every ten years. In the current
>systems environment, it is highly automated. It offers advantages in that
>after every migration, density goes up and data transfer rates go up, so
>costs go down propostionately to improvements in storage technology.

That is the very first good news I've heard in this domain.

How does the automation work? That also must change pretty radically every
ten years, no?...