Article on long-term storage of electronic data

[HeiressofBickworth]

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-our-digital-footprint-could-be-lost-to-future-generations-2015-02-18


"Some data stored on outdated technology like VHS tapes, vinyl records, cassette tapes and floppy disks has already been lost, said Vint Cerf, a vice president at Google, who is largely considered one of the founding fathers of the Internet.

And that is just the beginning, he told a conference last week hosted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

The lack of an electronic storage mechanism that can withstand centuries of time threatens to erode documents and digitally-stored memories through a process he has often referred to as “bit rot.”