Re: Buy a permanent archive!

[aa382@Freenet.carleton.ca (Marc Sira)]

In a previous article, taob@r-node.hub.org (Brian Tao) says:

>    We may not *need* corporate sponsorship (I'm confident we can raise
>$1500 for the hard drive), but I certainly can't see anyone who really
>believes we don't *want* it.  ;-)  Let's say we get another $1500 from

Vis one person.

>Apple II companies.  That can go into a reserve fund in case we decide
>to get a tape backup, or master everything onto a CD-ROM, etc.  You can
>never have too much money.  :)

That's a matter of opinion. I'd prefer to make do without corporate
sponsorship, simply because I'd prefer
a) not to be indebted to a corporation
b) not to have to include advertisement for a corporation on the ftp site

It is something of a moot point though, as I highly doubt any sponsorship
would be forthcoming. ;)
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