5 Apr
2013
5 Apr
'13
11:33 p.m.
------ Original Message ------
From: "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: 06/04/2013 02:01:04
Subject: Re: pdp-11/23 config
The loos of the *physical* media is not so much
troubling as is the
loss of web content. As companies go out of business the content
evaporates. The Wayback Machine helps a bit, bot think of all of the
ftp content (which isn't preserved by archive.org) that has just plain
evaporated.
I note from the BBC News that UK Libraries and Museums are to start
archiving web content:-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22028738
I would guess that the volume of this might even be larger now than the
stuff archived on old magtape.
Of all the bookmarks I have in my browser accumulated over the last 7
or 8 years, at least half of them are dead links.
--Chuck
Dave
G4UGM