4 Jun
1998
4 Jun
'98
9:11 p.m.
William Donzelli wrote:
(snip)
Now I know that I tend to be a bit preachy and extreme
about this, but we
only keep our computers for a short amount of time. When we die, the
computers do not come with us - hopefully they fall into the hands of
other interested folks. In a sense, we are only gaurdians. I can not force
people to make "responsible" repairs or modifications - I am sure a lot of
people think I am talking out of my butt - but I can try to slow down the
inevitable degradation our computers go thru while in use.
Excellent point. I worked at the Metropolitan Museum for ten years, and the
concept that we don't 'own' historical objects - we are caretaker or
guardians - was unaviodable. It's hard to think of 'owning' something that
has been around for a thousand years or more and outlasted many 'owners'.
Our responsibility as guardians is to insure the survival of these
artifacts in as original condition as possible for the next guardian.
R.
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