On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 5:09 PM, Alison Wheeler wikimedia@alisonwheeler.com wrote:
On Thu, October 16, 2008 14:53, Andrew Gray wrote:
DVDs will remain around, is the thing, whilst 4G memory sticks might easily get wiped and reused. I may be sounding overly cynical here :-)
This was my first thought too. Just as the BBC wiped loads of tv programmes to re-use the tapes then later wished they hadn't so a school might decide to "re-use" the keydrive (or a student might think it is 'fun') so I'd push the DVD as the primary option by a long way as it is guaranteed to stay around (hell I've just discovered a load of data CDs from the mid-90s which are still usable)
Presuming this will be available for download, the information could always be copied back onto the drive if it's writeable...