12 Nov
2004
12 Nov
'04
6:18 a.m.
On Fri, 12 Nov 2004, Zane H. Healy wrote:
I got an email from the head guy a little bit ago, and
I'm still more than a
bit stunned. As the formats were determined be "Obsolete" the machines,
software, AND all data files were destroyed. The books are the only form in
which the material still exists!
I can't think of a better example of the stupidness of consumer
capitalism.
Consumption and obsolescence should be undesirable side-effects
of human living, not the core reason for existence.
To complete the picture, they should load the resulting debris
into a low-fuel-efficiency car, spend an hour or so in traffic,
on their way to dumping it all in a landfill leaking into the
local water table. To save money.