Storage of Knowledge

Wed Aug 1 15:48:42 EDT 2001

I thought you might be interested in this take from a cataloging
Librarian:

"The real problem is not only that knowledge is being stored on media
that will eventually be obsolete, but that there is often only one copy
of the info because the @#&*^#$*&^ vendors want to completely control
and profit from the data themselves."

"So if anything happens to the greedy vendor, the info is history."

Marian

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<DIV>I thought you might be interested in this take from a cataloging 
Librarian:</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>"The real problem is not only that knowledge is being stored on media that 
will eventually be obsolete, but that there is often only one copy of the info 
because the @#&amp;*^#$*&amp;^ vendors want to completely control and profit 
from the data themselves."</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>"So if anything happens to the greedy vendor, the info is history."</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Marian</DIV></BODY></HTML>

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