"M-DISC is a perfect storage solution for music, photos, videos, genealogical 
records, business records, data loss prevention, permanent file backup, 
medical imaging, government usage, and for archival purposes."

This is a positive step forward in long-term storage of digital data, but it's a 
stretch to call it "a perfect storage solution."  If the claims hold up it's a step 
in the right direction, but:

- It only addresses media degradation - the data on the disk, however well 
preserved, may still suffer from media and data obsolesence (the software and 
hardware required to make the data functional becomes obsolete).  In 100 
years' time, will DVD still be a widely-used format?
- Physical media with only a 4.7 GB capacity are impractical for the long-term 
storage demands of all but the smallest organizations.

A step in the right direction is still a positive step - I'm glad that companies 
are investing R&D dollars and that distributors like LG are picking it up.  We've 
got PDF/A... perhaps someday there'll be DVD/A and DVD-Reader/A that will 
become lifelong standards.  (It's okay to dream!)

Wayne Hoff, CRM
Calgary, AB

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