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.