[p2p-research] NYTimes 500 GB on a disc -- Technology breakthrough in Physical Media

[Ryan Lanham]

Another breakthrough in data storage and movement--by 2012, 500 GB on a
standard DVD sized disc.  Current technologies hold about 5 GB per disc.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/technology/business-computing/27disk.html?_r=1

Elsewhere, there is a large movement going on now in the UK urging local
governments to release "raw data" to the web on budgets, mails, public
advisories, etc.

Certainly a major driver in the p2p world will be the simple explosion of
data sources and the impossibility of pricing by unit of intellectual
property in such frameworks--particularly for historical data.

Ryan Lanham
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