I'm so excited by Logos's potential that I have not only invested a fair bit of money in a large upgrade, I have also taken the time to inform myself about computing in general, a topic in which I otherwise have no interest. I see this as a long-term investment worthy of my time, money, and energy.
An issue that has arisen for me is that of "digital obsolescence," which is the problem of long-term access to digital data. I have considered selling my paper books in order to buy them in digital format. But what guarantees can Logos give me that my resources will be accessible in, say, 10 years from now? For example, the recording media for digital data apparently deteriorate at a much more rapid pace then paper does, and once the deterioration starts, in most cases there is already data loss (see link above).
More importantly, what happens if software and hardware develops to such a degree that it is no longer capable of interpreting Logos' file format (e.g. older versions of Microsoft Works, before Works 4.5, cannot be run under Windows 2000 or later)?
What guarantees do I have? What strategies are Logos developing to deal with a possible "Digital Dark Age"?
