Archives (was Re: VCFe Munich report)

From: Hans B Pufal <hansp_at_citem.org>
Date: Fri May 16 11:01:01 2003

Dwight K. Elvey wrote:

> I'm more interested in getting the information spread to multiple
> locations, regardless of the media. Even paper tape burns up in
> a fire. The only real hope is a lot of copies spread around the
> world. This is why I've made my efforts for the Poly88 and I'm
> doing similar for the H89.
> Multiple media and multiple locations is the only hope.

Exactly, as was demonstrated by the fire in Edinburgh last December
which destroyed the AI library.

Even online digital archivesa re not immune, ISTR that a Dutch network
center burned sometime last year. I don't recall hearing that anything
was iretrievably lost though.

   -- hbp
Received on Fri May 16 2003 - 11:01:01 BST