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["tanis cuff" <tanistanis@hotmail.com>]

Mr F. Bunny,

I agree that the faster we go the behinder we get.  How much of our current 
e-info (AND books) will be around & in good shape & translatable centuries 
from now, like some of the ancient stone- & clay tablets are today ?

The best we can do is to keep the info ALIVE by using, learning, & teaching 
it.


Tanis






> From: fuwa fuwa usagi <fuwafuwausagi@muchomail.com>
> Reply-To: fuwafuwausagi@muchomail.com,North American Fruit Explorers 
> <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [NAFEX] Re: nafex Digest, Vol 2, Issue 4
> Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 16:47:31 -0800 (PST)
>
> Gang:
>
> Re: PDF’s
>
> The archive of technological innovation is filled with examples of 
> “superstar” products that had a “day in the sun” only to disappear. 
>  When is the last time you found anything capable of opening a Wang 
> document, a WinStar, WordStar document, or how about Wordperfect 5.1?   For 
> a very modern example converting between Word and Ami Pro?   I cannot open 
> my Word 2 documents with Office 2000.    In fact I have disks of excellent 
> articles that are useless because of technological obsolescence.  Ah, but 
> always people explain how this time it is different, how product x is the 
> defacto standard…well I have one question for you, what are you planning 
> on watching your VHS tapes on in 15 years?
>
> I love Adobe products, the indexing, and the search capabilities.   But in 
> the end it is a technology that is defined in a technological environment.  
>  Technological advance clearly illustrates that the technological 
> environment will change, and the cost of converting and bridging 
> technologies is prohibitive for non-commercial ventures.
>
> Wishing you all the best,
>
> The fluffy bunny
>
>
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