Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I would not bet on that. I work with data generated for submission to the FDA and other regulatory agencies in support of new pharmaceuticals. Over the past two decades this data has been collected and stored in ever changing digital formats. As each new generation or technology is adapted the issue of "warehousing" this data, which by law, must be maintained for proscribed periods of time, becomes a significant problem. "Orphaned" technology, as the older media is referred to (cards, paper tape, floppys, disks of all sorts), requires outdated technology to read it, and the issue of transfer from one media to another raises the issue of degradation and accessability of the orphaned technology. In order to read old IBM cards one must almost go to the Smithsonian to find a working card reader. I suspect strongly, that as digital photography continues to evolve (at it's current rate or faster in the future) that this same problem will inhibit the transfer of the millions of images that are stored in newspaper and private PJ files. The expense and time, not to mention the technical issues (to insure ACCURATE digital transfers) will prohibit this from happening. It's just too big a job. Jack McLain Tucson - ----- Original Message ----- From: <Afterswift@aol.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 9:03 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] PJ standards -- Like Caesar's wife > > In a message dated 9/1/03 8:01:59 AM, bdcolen@earthlink.net writes: > > << Additionally, for all the moaning and debate here about > the longevity of digital files, it is not only a good bet, it's a sure > thing, that the NYT will convert its digital photo files from media to > media, making them accessible far into the future; you're not talking > here about some photo hobbiest at his home in Akron, with his home PC > that he may not update in time to preserve his own archives. > >> > > Time will hand down the final verdict and there will be no appeal. > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html