14 Jun
2005
14 Jun
'05
2:49 p.m.
On Tue, 14 Jun 2005, Tim Shoppa wrote:
RD Keys wrote:
Well, with the FBI basically dropping hundreds of millions into a system
that they ultimately scrapped, I don't expect this to go anywhere. This
effort will also just serve the purpose of lining the pockets of a couple
big contractors whose sole purpose is to drain the US of its resources
until the dollar is trading at 1/10 the value of the Mexican Peso.
(Joining in Tim's cynicism...)
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In the July 2005 issue of Technology Review
there's an article about the
over 16,000 formats of data that the NARA has to store and make available
forever. They have two companies working on a way to store all this data
in their correct data format but be able to review it at anytime in the
future.
What you fail to mention is the magnitude of the effort: $136,000,000
is the budget Bush wants for this.
My efforts to steer the efforts towards sanity were completely ignored.
If you aren't a defense contractor with a marketing budget to woo
politicians, you have no say in how this goes.
I want to be optimistic about the process and results but I wasted
too many years trying to make it work.
Tim. (not in a good mood...)