Los cd's no tienen tanta vida como piensas

Interesante articulo que puede dejar temblando a mas de uno. Lo siento porque están en inglés y desgraciadamente, no tengo tiempo para traducirlo en este momento.
AQUÍ. Dicho por Kurt Gerecke, experto en física y almacenaje en IBM Deutschland GmbH

Un trozo:

The reason CD-R's don’t last as long according to Kurt is that the materials degrade much quicker on a CD-R. As the disc degrades over time the burnt pits in the organic dye can eventually migrate to the surface. Of this makes the disc impossible for the laser to read. He went on to say that some of the cheap discs have a life span of no more than 2 years where as the better quality ones can last as long 5 years maximum.

Recommendations to get around CD-R lifetime limitations are to use magnetic tapes in his opinion. Even though magnetic tapes suffer degradation they will still outperform CD-R's for data lifetime reliability with a lifetime in the region of 30-100 years. He did point out that no storage media can last forever but that magnetic tapes are still the most reliable.

Vaya chocho se podría montar si esto fuera cierto. Evidentemente no se refiere a todas las marcas.

salu2

Por cierto, ¿alguien sabe cuánto cuesta un zip con respecto a un cd? (me refiero al soporte, no al aparato)