Thread: 25 year old computer file?
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Old 06-05-2010, 09:00 AM   #15
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Originally Posted by Jellby View Post
Yes, that's true, and that was my point. In a "worst-case scenario", the zip algorithm could be obsolete at the time and you'd have to work a bit harder to get a working unzip, may dig into some library code, deal with old programming languages, try to make it work with current compilers... Saying that in 50 years you'll be able to just rename and unzip the file looks like saying that in 50 years you can just open the .epub with ADE (keeping in mind that we are in a "worst-case").
There are some who would consider opening ePubs in ADE a "worst-case" scenario period.
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