Well, i don't agree with stephanV. I think the point dimzon is making is very important.
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Who guarantess that my CDs still will play, or even my DVDs? Who guarantees that I can still connect my USB devices to my computer in 20 years?
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That's hardware related, imo not really relevant when discussing the accessibility of movies/docs/music/whatever files themselves.
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Who guarantees that there are still compilers for C and C++ code in the future.
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Open source compilers won't vanish suddenly.
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Who guarantees that anyone will actually port this code to a new OS and/or architechture?
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The main point is that it is possible because it's open source. Whether someone does it is just a detail (an important detail of course).