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Re: Question
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"Roach, Bill J." <[log in to unmask]>
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Records Management Program <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 26 Oct 2006 20:32:11 -0500
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>>Remember that  there was something like an 1,800 year gap between the
last Egyptian and the  first Frenchman who could read hieroglyphics.<<

Now my mind starts to wander.  I wonder, how many sides would a Rosetta
Stone have to contain to "read" all of the formats generated in the past
25 years?

>>Are magnetic tapes, optical disks, and  punch-cards really all that
much different from clay tablets, stone, and  organic media?<<

Yes.

Bill R

Bill Roach, CRM
Enterprise EDMS Coordinator
State of North Dakota
ITD/Records Management
701-328-3589

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