Electronic publishing

Marcus Kit Petz MPETZ at FS2.SCG.MAN.AC.UK
Sat Mar 16 11:23:47 CST 1996


""Date:          Fri, 15 Mar 1996 15:28:13 -0500
From:          "Rodham E. Tulloss" <ret at pluto.njcc.com>
To:            MPETZ at fs2.scg.man.ac.uk
Subject:       Re: Electronic publishing

The physical object is not the only issue.  The accessibility of "readers"
is also important.  Somewhere around DOS6, it became impossible to use
archived files created by global "saves" under earlier DOS versions.  The
computer industry has a financial interest in planned obsolescence.  Who is
going to manage the problem of keeping everything readable?  I.e., keeping
all readers or recopying EVERYTHING into temporarily safe new formats?

R. E. Tulloss
"""

How about the ICZN/ICBN setting up working groups on this problem.
Permanent working groups with staff to carry out the transfer of
necessary of data.




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