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Originally Posted by vxf
Life's too short to worry about trying to control a future you can't predict.
Also, too short to read all the good stuff that has been written.
Hence, much too short to re-read the same books over and over.
And I am always amazed by how much energy we all put into preservation - in this case, of digital content.
Yes, mine is 2 cent philosophy.
But the truth is, technologies are becoming obsolete at an astonishing fast pace. Too little time, to swim against that current.
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I'm okay with technology becoming obsolete and forgotten, but not with the content. Hence, the preservation. When these works finally get into the public domain 50 to 100 years from now, will anyone have a working copy to contribute? That is my worry in all this.