[dagw]

Who make a "gold disc" for source code

The company I used to work for always made an archive copy of the exact source code we had compiled for each major release, so that there would never be any doubt about exactly which source code we had compiled to make each version of our game.

And who the fuck makes a "gold source" disc that's also "professionally printed"?

That disc does not look professionally printed. It looks like it was printed on one those cd-rom inkjet printers that where so popular back in the day.

[slackingoff2017]

Fair points, but I don't think CD-R was ever used as a serious archive format. Even back then it was known that the inks were prone to fading.

I just think the likelihood of the source being in this format is extremely low and when coupled with the timing of this article it's all but certain that this is a marketing piece.

Looking at the reddit user that found this disc... He was looking for a job at a "big name" tech employer a few months back, and he's definitely into gaming. He mentioned that blizzard told him the disc was stolen, which would be slightly more believable if returning it prompted an investigation rather than showering him with gifts.

[dagw]

I don't think CD-R was ever used as a serious archive format.

Oh it absolutely was. Maybe we shouldn't have and it might or might not have been good idea, but it was very common.

[mmjaa]

Nope. I still have working CD-R's of my projects from 20 years ago. So, its a bit of a general fallacy.