18 Jun
2009
18 Jun
'09
8:02 a.m.
Not acceptable (to me). People who are in the mix in a Museum setting
are operating on a continuous basis of not enough resources, not enough
time and general attitudes which generally have no awareness of what
they are doing and why they are doing it.
It is always a tragedy when an artifact gets lost, but I don't think
that your comment does service to all who posted to this list on the
topic that are currently in the museum business, and what they have done.
Maybe someone at the time slipped up on this artifact, and others
assumed the problem was handled. But to shame everyone considering the
thousands of things they have saved is pretty much a bad call.
You can have your opinion and call, but I do not agree with it.
Respectfully
Jim
Rod Smallwood wrote:
Everybody saying 'not I' does not alter the
fact that a priceless piece of
computer history is at best missing and at worst destroyed.
The real point is that the computer museum people knew of its existence and
yet failed in their duty to recover and save it after the DECUS event.
Shame on you all!!
Rod Smallwood