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We've successfully moved on to CDs!
They skipped tape!?
Tape is actually doing pretty well.
Not the little cassette tapes, but tape storage tends to be used in big companies for backup long-term storage, and it doesn't seem currently like it's going anywhere.
The successor to tape seams likely to be internally engraved pieces of glass. Could be commercialised in a few years. But at least for the next decade, there will be a market for tape.
It would be nice if they actually release this to production. Been hearing about it since last decade.
It's insane how much write-only documentation is produced by big companies. Usually there is some kind of regulatory reason - like some documents have to be preserved for 40 years. Luckily it's not mandatory to keep paper archives any more (if you live in a sane jurisdiction of course) .