Seattle PI celebrates Microsoft’s research on “immortal computing”:
In this culture of instant information, some Microsoft Corp. researchers are pursuing a radical notion — the concept of saving messages for delivery in decades, centuries or more.
I wonder how that gels with Microsoft’s earlier legal tussle with Burst Media which coincidentally dealt with Microsoft’s email storage policy:
“There were critical documents and critical time periods from critical players that relate to our case. And these documents and e-mails were destroyed,” said Bruce Wecker, a lawyer with Hosie Frost Large & McArthur who is representing Burst.com. “The question in our motion is whether this was unintentional, or by design, and, if so, what would the remedy be?”
A representative for the software giant, however, said that while the company does have a guideline that suggests deleting e-mails after 30 days, the policy is not a strict requirement and that correspondence related to lawsuits is not included.
