Re: Asimov Site

["Rex" <rexoman@ubtanet.com>]

phoenyx wrote in message <39A01D12.B89CB4EF@dcnet2000.com>...
>This is not easy to explain without hurting someone's feelings. Suffice it
to
>say, that some considered the site a pirate's treasure chest. Although
there
>was never an official announcement it is generally believed that it was
closed
>due to anti-pirate activity.
>
>Try here for info on other sites you can use.
>
>http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/
>
>--
>
>Thank you for your time and interest. I hope it was helpful
>or at least interesting.
>
>Phoenyx,
>
>Apple2 user since March 1984
>
>Links to Phoenyx's pages:
>preferred..... http://zip.to/Phoenyx_A2
>alternate..... http://www.tinyangeldesigns.com/Apple2

Thank you for the information.  I look at it as preserving history not
pirating.  If the company has gone out of business why would anyone care?
An example is E-Bay.  People don't think of that as pirating, but in many
cases they are re-selling an item and receiving more money than what they
originally paid for it.  I've seen it happen a lot.  And the companies
products they have done it to still are in buisness.
Anyway, we now recognise that we need to preserve our history.  Hence,
historical sites.  The government sets them aside and anyone in the world
can share in its history.  Mabye we need to now start a computer historical
sites.  So we can preserve how we got where we are to day with computers.
 Well I've go on long enough.  I just hope that programs that are no longer
from a company in buisness disappear.  That would be a tragedy.