____/ The Ghost In The Machine on Thursday 05 July 2007 19:09 : \____
> Yet another reason for using standards for documents.
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6265976.stm
>
> Warning of data ticking time bomb
>
> The growing problem of accessing old digital file
> formats is a "ticking time bomb", the chief executive
> of the UK National Archives has warned.
>
> Natalie Ceeney said society faced the possibility of
> "losing years of critical knowledge" because modern
> PCs could not always open old file formats.
>
> She was speaking at the launch of a partnership
> with Microsoft to ensure the Archives could read
> old formats.
>
> Microsoft's UK head Gordon Frazer warned of a looming
> "digital dark age".
>
> Costly deal
>
> He added: "Unless more work is done to ensure legacy
> file formats can be read and edited in the future,
> we face a digital dark hole."
>
> [...]
>
> Adam Farquhar, head of e-architecture at the British
> Library, praised Microsoft for its adoption of more
> open standards.
>
> [...]
>
> The British Library and National Archives are members
> of the Planets project which brings together European
> National Libraries and Archives and technology
> companies to address the issue of digital preservation.
>
> [Adam] said that open file formats were an important
> step but there was still work to be done.
>
> "Automation is a key area to work on. We need to
> be able to convert hundreds and even thousands of
> documents at a time," he said.
Just caught this one on Groklaw:
Microsoft warns world to be less proprietary
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=1077&blogid=4
It's amazing how they want everything that hurts people the most (and bring
money at their expense) until it's just too later. Recall this. Always
remember.
,----[ Quote ]
| "Microsoft says open-source software is un-American. Has the
| company completely lost its mind?
|
| Feb. 15, 2001 | Once upon a time, Microsoft executives confined
| their criticism of Linux and free software to old-fashioned FUD
| -- fear, uncertainty and doubt. Linux wasn't good enough for
| enterprise-class systems, they declared. You couldn't get
| quality support, and it was too hard and clunky for average users.
|
| Fair enough. But now, judging by comments made Wednesday by
| Microsoft's operating systems chief Jim Allchin (and reported
| by Bloomberg News), it turns out that free and open-source
| software is something far worse than anyone could possibly have
| imagined. It is nothing less than a threat to the American
| way of life! "
`----
http://archive.salon.com/tech/log/2001/02/15/unamerican/index.html
Cancer... communism... religion... you name it, they took cheap shots and now
they try to erase this PR blunder. Too late. People who observed their moves
are like an elephant. They don't forget and don't forgive.
--
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