2008/10/16 Alison Wheeler wikimedia@alisonwheeler.com:
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)
Isn't there something you can do to memory sticks to make them read-only? Remove a tab or something (that may only be some sticks). It can probably be undone, but would reduce the chance of them being overwritten. I find USB memory sticks are far more convenient than DVDs - I can see people that often use computers without internet connections (or connections which filter Wikipedia) carrying one on their keyring so they always have it to hand. You couldn't do that with a DVD.