archival cd-r - really true?

[Richard]

In article <44102647.2020901 at yahoo.co.uk>,
    Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk at yahoo.co.uk>  writes:

> Personally I wouldn't use any flavour of CD technology for anything.

What would you use, then?  Some people recommend 9-track or other
magnetic media (like hard drives) because the magnetic domains are
supposedly more stable than CD-R pits.  I just haven't seen anything
more than "a friend told me" variety stories, though.
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