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From: berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: "Shelf life" of storage media
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Date: 18 Feb 88 22:24:00 GMT
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CD manufacturers claim a 10 year shelf-life for the product.  Video
tape manufacturers make similar claims.  Sony says that the 10 year
lifespan is due to shrinking of the medium.

			Mike Berger
			Department of Statistics 
			Science, Technology, and Society
			University of Illinois 

			berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu
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