22 May
2010
22 May
'10
9:19 a.m.
On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Andrew Back <andy at flirble.org> wrote:
On (20:29 21/05/10), Tony Duell wrote:
<<SNIP>>
Actually, to be honest, I thought much the same, but didn't want to
say anything.
Sorry, Tony, but it really does come over that way.
It seems to me that you could (or could have) really contributed a lot
to this, but you didn't notice the announcement and now are throwing
your toys out of the pram.
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Having looked at the appropriate web pages, I
somewhat agree with you. I
have serious reservations about the organisation of this event. I hadn't
realised it was actually organised by Bletchley Park -- having discovered
It's not as far as I can tell. The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) is
a different organisation to Bletchley Park trust. TNMOC is located at the
Bletchley Park site, however.
this, there is _no way_ I would waste my time
attending. ?I hope this
desn't sound like sour grapes.
It does, sadly. Of the most bitter variety.
That because it does not meet your particular notion of what a VCF should be
you decide to rubbish it is, well, rather mean spirited to put it politely.
The folks concerned have very limited time and resources, and with this they
achieve an awful lot. They're making a real difference when it comes to
educating newer generations about the history of computing, and we'd be a
lot worse off in this respect were it not for their efforts. I for one
applaud that they spend weekend upon weekend, working for free and trying to
rescue as much as possible and get it on show to the public, when they too
could be in the comfort of their own home and nurturing their own private
collections.
Perhaps they could do better, and would if certain folks made offer of
assistance and provided constructive criticism, rather than sitting at home
pontificating and griping at the doers.
For shame.
Regards,
Andrew