Re: Do Burned CDs Have a Short Life Span?

Subject: Re: Do Burned CDs Have a Short Life Span?
From: Al Geist <al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com>
To: TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 12:09:09 -0500

Rick Stone wrote:

...it's my opinion that if we were truly advancing, whatever we devised would no longer render the former technology of the day obsolete. Instead, the newer format or version would be inclusive of the former medium.

Apple tried to do that for years and finally figured out that making everything backward compatible actually holds back progress.

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RE: Do Burned CDs Have a Short Life Span?: From: Jon Konrath
Re: Do Burned CDs Have a Short Life Span?: From: Rick Stone

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