archival cd-r - really true?

In article <1141927948.14230.3.camel at crusader.localdomain.home>, David Holland <dholland at woh.rr.com> writes: Unfortunately this report really says nothing specific about how long media can be expected to last. All they say is that manufacturers claim that prerecorded (i.e. silver pressings) CDs and DVDs should last 5 years. For anything else they define deteriorating characteristics and environments but don't say anything about how long things should last. There is good information about archival storage conditions, but no information about how long you should expect things to last without having to reburn them. -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline"-- code samples, sample chapter, FAQ: <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/> Pilgrimage: Utah's annual demoparty <http://pilgrimage.scene.org>