Laser etched glass for long-term data storage

[mpainesyd (Michael Paine)]

This Microsoft announcement is attracting headlines:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00502-2

There are some Tidbits discussions about long-term data storage - here is one from 2020:

Time for an SSD for Time Machine

I have similar (good) experience with magnetic media… Before CDs I used Zipdisks (~100Mb) and a couple of years ago I needed to recover some data from the 1990s. I managed to find a zip drive for sale on ebay. To my surprise it worked on my Mac (USB) and, even more surprise, I could successfully read nearly all of the zip disks. Needless to say, I copied their contents to the Mac. But we digress … I think I mentioned in these discussion a few years ago that a sci-fi novel suggested “long term…