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Old 11-30-2010, 07:49 AM   #30
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Originally Posted by toronado View Post
This is kinda old (Nov 4th), but didn't see it posted anywhere:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...with-e-readers

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You can still read a 200-year-old printed book. But the odds of being able to read one of today’s e-books in 200 years, or even 20, is practically zero.

Anyone else find that statement a bit silly? Especially from a tech writer. What is his assertion? That no conversion process could/would take place during the 200 (or 20) years from obsolete electronic formats to current ones?
Add DRM into the equation and ask yourself the same question.
What are the odds to be still able to read a DRM'd ebook 2 years from now?
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