Re: durable digital in current technology
[ Home ][ Thread ][ Subject ][ Author ][ Date ]Stewart Brand
Sat, 18 Apr 1998 14:21:58 -0700
At 8:49 PM -0800 3/19/98, holderj wrote:
>There is some probability that, with adequate commitment of stewardship,
>the data would persist, pristine, for a fair length of time.
Aye, there's the rub. Commitment of stewardship is essential but is also a
weak link. One generation of nonstewardship, or a system-level foul up,
and all is lost. Continuous-maintenance systems must be set up, but so
should processes that assume discontinuity.