Don Maslin/Archiving system software (was: ftp archivesdisappearing?)

On 18 Mar 2007 at 14:03, Teo Zenios wrote: Not to stray too far off-topic, but... The market for a 1720's violin is much larger (i.e. more buyers) than it ever was in 1720--and the prices that are paid are much larger. That's mostly due to population growth, but violinists are far from a dying breed--and music employing bowed strings is about as popular as it ever was in terms of number of works performed each year. The simple fact is that 1720 violin will do everything that one would want a violin of any age to do--and it generally does it better. That it's old is of small importance. But then, the field of violin- making was mature in the 1720's. The same cannot be said for a C64--or even a VAX. Will computing ever mature to the point that a 30-year computer will do everything that a user desires just as well as a brand-new machine will? Cheers, Chuck