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[Peter Capek]

At the risk of further flogging a dead horse, one has to acknowledge - neigh
assert - that they knew
what they were doing.   The press release on the site mentioned earlier
states

Planets TimeCapsule Deposit
12th May 2010
On Tuesday 18 May 2010, Planets will deposit a TimeCapsule to draw
widespread attention to the physical and electronic challenges around
preserving digital information for the long-term.

So they clearly acknowledge their goal.   What makes it a bit more
surprising is that some of the
partners in the project allowed this to happen.  Among them: several
European national libraries and
archives, including the British Library; IBM Netherlands; Microsoft
Research.

It seems that "Swiss Fort Knox" is a company which provides secure storage,
perhaps similar to
the American firm Iron Mountain (perhaps soon to change its name to Swiss
Alpine Cave).

                  Peter Capek
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