19 Dec
2009
19 Dec
'09
11:12 a.m.
Chuck writes:
On 18 Dec 2009 at 23:47, Alexandre Souza - Listas
wrote:
> I still think that nothing beats SD. It **will** be the standard
> in two or three years.
I'd really like to know that the things will be
available in 10 years
in capacities that will still work what's designed today. Can one,
for example, still get 16MB CF cards?
If all that the unit can handle is FAT32, what does one
do when the
only cards available use exFAT?
Rather than try to decide on the "one right way" to do things
going into the future, don't all of us in fact end up diversifying
into what's available now and then shifting up to new interfaces
over time as they become proven?
I mean, ten years ago I was enamored of MO disks as the "one right
way" of storage. It's not that the conclusion was really wrong, but
that's not the way the majority of the market moved. (I note
that medical imaging still is a big user of MO disks.)
Twenty five years ago I might've decided that DEC RC25 carts
were the way to go. Hah! How wrong would that decision would've
proved to be!
What's most astonishing: what used to fit on 10,000 9-track tapes,
literally filling an entire moving truck, now comfortably fits on a
1 terabyte portable hard drive that is just a little bigger than
pocket sized. That's mind-blowing.
Tim.