Remember, we're supposedly entering the "post-PC" world. How do you intend to open a WordStar document or Quattro in 2040, after 30 years of app stores and sandboxed apps?
The presentation of documents are critical as well. Will complex documents created in Word 95 render properly on the iPad XXXVI in 2040?
Archival file formats like PDF/A, open specification formats like OOXML and open source formats like ODF will help with this issue, but I'm sure there will be many audio and video files that will be unintelligible in 30 years.
The presentation of documents are critical as well. Will complex documents created in Word 95 render properly on the iPad XXXVI in 2040?
Archival file formats like PDF/A, open specification formats like OOXML and open source formats like ODF will help with this issue, but I'm sure there will be many audio and video files that will be unintelligible in 30 years.