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Software Archaeology

Posted by timothy on from the keeping-bits-unburied dept.

Plug1 writes "Salon (day pass needed) has an article about preserving software for historical purposes. It discusses source code archiving, and the effect the DMCA is having on attempts to catalog and analyze legacy code. It will be a shame if in the future a wealth of information is locked away because knoweldge of the underlying technology is lost."

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  1. Re:Please understand... by MrFredBloggs · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "I really dont want strong crypto keeping out of stuff that I OWN, or My CONTENT"

    Then don't add strong crypto to your programs! Simple!

  2. WHAT? by not_a_george · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Does this mean that I still have to remember DOS commands?

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  3. "Day Pass Needed" by nurb432 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    How worthless, what is next, posting a story like " well we heard something really cool, but you have to have a level 7 clearance to read about it. But it was really cool and had to do with a CPU chip."

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    1. Re:"Day Pass Needed" by bricriu · · Score: 0, Redundant

      Considering that, IIRC, all you need to get a day pass is to click on a bunch of ads, (Salon also offers paid monthly and yearly subscriptions, thus the necessary distinction between subscription types... cheap-bastard /.ers won't ever PAY for content, and "free" [or even cheap] daily passes are the only hope), I think your analogy just doesn't cut the mustard.

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    2. Re:"Day Pass Needed" by nurb432 · · Score: 0, Redundant

      I'm already paying for content via my taxes, my ISP, my pc and the dammed popup ads and Spam that is everywhere. I also pay for cable TV with its ads, newspaper with its ads. so refrain from accusing me to fall into the 'cheap bastard' category.

      However Im sick and tired of paing for more ad then content.

      If they cant make money via unobtrusive ads, then they don't need my business and its too much trouble to be 'authorized' to see the crap.

      My point holds water, and stands.

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