Thread: CNN interview: Physical books gone in 5 years
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Old 10-21-2010, 03:58 PM   #43
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Originally Posted by nyrath View Post
The problem is that e-books can become unreadable due to the mere passage of time.

http://hnn.us/roundup/entries/26409.html



Not to mention problems with media. I've got a bunch of data on 3.5 inch floppy disks, but nowadays I do not have easy access to a 3.5 floppy disk drive. And that was only about 15 years worth of obsolescence.
I have .pdf books that I got in 1998. They are fine.
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