29 Aug
2011
29 Aug
'11
9:24 a.m.
I also don't agree that modern software systems
are in a better state to
be preserved. In the 'old days' you could get a shrink-wrapped package that
was the entire deal, docs, and media. Today, it's a blob that comes off the
web and gets patched very frequently, as well as potentially being tied to
the mother-ship to be functional. There are dozens (hundreds?) of products
now that are devices that were tethered to dead back-end services
(Danger Sidekick). How do you even start to preserve this?
What is being done to preserve the online gaming scene? For example,
one of these days WoW is going to go away. The cultural aspect of a
game like this is pretty huge. There are other online games that are
probably already gone.
How will the archivists handle these?
--
Will