At the moment writing on acid free paper, along with wide distribution, seems to be the most durable method of preserving our work.

Magnetic and optical media (CD ROM) both have limited lives and changing formats

The computer provides automation for office work,
and publication since the macintosh WYSWYG revolution.

Pesonally I favour quick and nasty web pages like my blog
GENEALOGE http://hughw36.blogspot.com/
I use this for news and notes - about this and other sites.

and the sites linked to it in the side bar

dnkcen Site Map http://www.rootsweb.com/~dnkcen/sitemap.html

my shingle http://www.genealogi.so.uk was created by filling in forms in the AOL web editor

Family Tree WATKINS and LAPHAM
Monmouthshire and Bristol UK http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/t/Hugh-B-Watk...
was made in FTM 11 by filling in the forms in the template from FTM's automatic web publishing function
as were the uploaded gedcoms

None the less that is my personal choice and a low cost publication solution for me aged 68 with a tiny income.

I do think there is room for many points of view in what is a hobby for most of us

Hugh W