[ih] Museum-quality archive for this list?

[vinton cerf]

You are singing my song
V

On Tue, Nov 16, 2021, 08:03 John Day via Internet-history <
internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> We have no means of archival store for digital material. Archival has to
> last 500 years or more. (I am often using materials that old.) Not only are
> we not sure the storage media last that long, but having something that
> reads it is the real problem.)
>
> > On Nov 15, 2021, at 21:53, Bill Woodcock via Internet-history <
> internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> >
> >>> On Nov 15, 2021, at 20:37, Dave Crocker via Internet-history <
> internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> >>> I got a private note asking about a paid archive at archive.org.  I
> think that a reasonable question and possibly worth doing on it own.
> Whether that qualifies as 'museum quality' isn't something I can assess.
> >
> > Well, it’s what we’ve got for “archival quality” on the Internet right
> now, and if it’s not good enough, that means Brewster needs more support.
> >
> >                                -Bill
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