Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 10th Nov 2008 09:13 UTC, submitted by irbis
What stands a better chance of surviving 50 years from now, a framed photograph or a 10-megabyte digital photo file on your computer's hard drive? The concern for archivists and information scientists is that, with ever-shifting platforms and file formats, much of the data we produce today could eventually fall into a black hole of inaccessibility.
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2005-06-29
try import it using Miranda IM ( miranda-im.org )... then you can export it again to the format you want using plugins...
(It'll probably run via WINE too if you don't use Windows.)