Do Burned CDs have a short life span?

[djurzi]

Interesting article on the life span of cdrs as well as the life of a hard drives.

http://msn.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,124312,00.asp?GT1=7645

[wired]

thanks for this, chris! we've been trying to decide the best storage options for not only my music, but all my business stuff (which includes many gigs of high-res product photos). i'm going to look into the magnetic tape option more.