Re: [ARSCLIST] Hard disk drives and DAT

[Jerry Hartke <jhartke@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> [mailto:ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don Cox
> Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2007 10:24 AM
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> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Hard disk drives and DAT
> 
> On 31/03/07, Jerry Hartke wrote:
> 
> > DigiPress, a French company, offered glass CD's that used a very
> > stable sputtered metal reflective layer about 15 years ago. Their
> > price was higher than that of CD-R's, sales were very low, and they
> > went out of business. Although these satisfied Don's wish for "an
> > archival digital format", the archival industry did not support the
> > company. It would be helpful to form an alliance that would
> > commercially support a format instead of just wishing for one.
> >
> My guess would be that nobody knew the product existed.
> 
> France would not be the best place to set up a company selling such
> things, and 15 years ago people were not aware of the problems of CD-Rs.
> 
> I think the big market would be storing data in the health industry.
> 
> Regards
> --
> Don Cox
> doncox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Should you wish to start such an enterprise, I would be glad to evaluate the
quality of your product.

Jerry
Media Sciences, Inc.