[geeks] Gold archival CDs?

[Micah R Ledbetter]

I read here[0] that someone (Kodak, I think) used to make gold CD-Rs  
for archival purposes. I just read here[1] that the reflective  
surface is completely irrelevant.

Anyone have any thoughts? If that type of thing is still around, with  
good reputation, I'd be interested in knowing where to find it.

(For the interested - right now, when I want to archive something to  
CD, I'll use Verbatim DataLifePlus CD-Rs (which use Taiyo-Yuden  
dye... and seem to last longer than the Brand X TY discs I got from  
supermediastore.com). For DVDs, I don't have a solid brand like that,  
but I'll use brands I've heard about - Verbatim, RiData, and a few  
others. I'll use Brand X  for most things, though, since there's not  
a lot that I archive to optical.)

REAL archival-quality optical media would be a big plus, even better  
if there is such a thing for DVD-Rs. I have quite a bit of stuff that  
might be worth some extra money to keep around, but isn't worth more  
hard drives and headaches maintaining them, or the money for a tape  
drive + tapes.

(Of course this is the Holy Grail, and since I want it, it won't  
happen until after I'm dead. :)

  - Micah

[0] http://diveintomark.org/archives/2006/05/08/backup <- pretty good  
post / interesting discussion, though there isn't really an answer  
that's solid, cheap, and low-maintenance. Heh.
[1] http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2006-January/ 
027775.html