17 May
2005
17 May
'05
8:12 a.m.
Re: "But gathering together a large number of rare, desirable items
(however subjective) into one place without a will or letter of
intent is not "archiving". In fact it's the opposite -- items were
taken out of circulation probably permanently."
A point here that might be worth making to Don's widow is that since the
materials in question are software archives, they can both be made available
to the world while she still retains the physical items and library herself.
It's not like collecting motorcycles. These items can be duplicated without
any destruction of the originals.