Archival CDs

Hello, can anyone "confirm or deny" this? <grin> Supposedly, the US military did a study in the late 1980's to determine the best archival mediums for the long haul. This concerns military secrets and other issues of national security. CDs were originally considered to be the easy winner, but when subjected to the accelerated aging process, it was found that a standard aluminum CD could only be trusted with 100% data integrity for about 35 to 40 years. Most interesting, was the supposed conclusion of the study, which ened up selecting paper punchcards as the ultimate archival medium, lasting a minimum of 300 years when properly stored. Well imagine that. Am I the only one to have heard this story? -- Bill Layer Sales Technician &lt;b.layer(a)vikingelectronics.com&gt; +----------------------------------+ Viking Electronics, Inc. 1531 Industrial St. Hudson, WI. 54016 - U.S.A 715.386.8861 ext. 210 <http://www.vikingelectronics.com> +----------------------------------+ "Telecom Solutions for the 21st Century" Powered by Slackware Linux 7.1.0