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Old 28-10-2009, 07:49 AM
Barrykgerdes
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Originally Posted by bojan View Post
If by paper you meant a non-rewritable media on which the information is stored to be displayed permanently, then paper-less office is never-to-be.
Even if we use soft-copy readers, this is is the same thing in principle as paper.. only different materials are used to manufacture it
History shows that "Hard copy" (chiselled in stone) is nearly permanent. Older paper has occasionally survived. Mylar punched tapes and cards etc., last a while but who can read MFM hard disks, 8"Floppies these days.

Barry
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