We are just talking about CDs and perhaps PDF. Not eight track tapes.......
and the technology bummer.
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[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of fuwa fuwa usagi
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 7:48 PM
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [NAFEX] Re: nafex Digest, Vol 2, Issue 4
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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