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Richard wrote: > In the audio field, I worry far more about the playability of analog tapes > in 50-100 years than the survivability and usability of a > managed digital archive. Every storage system requires management. > This is the key point, which I don't think the article addressed at all. There's a lot of confusion about archiving - which implies some kind of institution with a commitment to permanent management of the resources - and individual data stores of whatever kind. Heidi Heidi Johnson, PhD Project Manager The Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America Dept. of Anthropology, EPS 1.130 1 University Station C3200 University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 78712 (512) 495-4604 http://www.ailla.utexas.org