30 Sep
2005
30 Sep
'05
2:18 a.m.
On Thu, 29 Sep 2005, Scott Stevens wrote:
They also happen to describe the charter of this mailing list. Go figure,
eh?
I don't
agree that crap makes something classic, vintage, or worth
preserving.
'Classic' and 'vintage' are marketing weasel words. A serious computer conservator wants to preserve all
the warts and bugs
of the original.
Sure, but only if the original is worth preserving in the first place.
If you have a time machine, load it into that. There
will be somebody
eagerly waiting at the other end fourty years from now. I guarantee it.
All that will have been 'preserved' are what were perceived as the
'good' bits by the casual hobbyists.
My "time machine" costs me $.80/sqft. I can't afford that for the next 40
years ;)
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