HOW is this a mistake?
The whole point is to make it "easy to preserve" and "freely share".
Everything that goes against that just suppresses knowledge and information.
The best way to preserve something is to:
1. make it as easy to get a hold of as possible
2. make it available in an easy to replicate format
3. ensure as many people as possible can get a copy if they need/want one
In the end, having it in a universally available format (PDF for example)
and available on the web would be best.
Can someone explain why "hording" documentation and keeping it private on
a "degradable" media like paper is a better idea?
Dan.
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:33:32 -0700
To: cctalk at
classiccmp.org
From: healyzh at
aracnet.com
Subject: RE: Rescued documentation issues
At 4:34 PM -0700 10/26/09, Rich Alderson wrote:
Never discard the paper just because you have
converted the information
content to an electronic or chemical form. If you don't have room for
it, pass it on to the next individual who also cares about these things.
This is advice to live by, and I do just that. That is why I am
involved with the CBHRC. Our society is moving away from storing
knowledge in easy to preserve (and freely share) forms. I fear that
future generations will realize what a mistake this is.
Zane
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