Re: My Vintage Computing Files Archive

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

james wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 19:49:46 -0700, magnusfalkirk
> <dean.phares@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> > +++On Jun 21, 2:11 pm, Chris Morse <win32...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > +++> On Jun 21, 11:32 am, schmidtd <schmi...@my-deja.com> wrote:
> > +++>
> > +++> > On Jun 21, 12:18 am, hexstar <hexs...@gmail.com> wrote:> FAQ
> > +++>
> > +++> > How about... Where is the archive?  You seem to have neglected to tell
> > +++> > us where to go in the first place.
> > +++>
> > +++> I found it here:http://vintage.tsfsc.com/the-archive/
> > +++>
> > +++> // CHRIS
> > +++
> > +++Interesting, the Apple II archive is simply a copy of the Asimov
> > +++Archive.
> > +++
> > +++Dean
>
> **************
>
> That is all he is doing. Copying other archives and calling them his
> own. 

His rather lengthy text seemed to make a major point about the value
of simply mirroring other's archives, so I don't get the impression
that he is claiming ownership.

In fact, he is correct--copying archives *is* a real value, since it
improves availablility through distributed redundancy.

-michael

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