On: Google's Vint Cerf Warns of 'digital Dark Age'

[tlrobinson]

Yes there's a huge difference between professionally "pressed" CDs and burnt CDRs.

There are also special archival disks and burners, like M-Disc, which literally "engraves in stone": http://www.mdisc.com/

[wil421 → tlrobinson]

But a 10 year life span on CDRs. My personal experience is much different with both CDs and floppy disk (I still have some of those that work).