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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">I remember one day looking at my DEC 9 track tape thinking that archive wasn’t going to be useful any more. OF course, by then it didn’t matter …<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Dave<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div style="border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt"><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Synth-diy <synth-diy-bounces@synth-diy.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Matthew Skala via Synth-diy<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, June 26, 2022 2:29 PM<br><b>To:</b> Jay Schwichtenberg <jschwich53@comcast.net><br><b>Cc:</b> <b>Subject:</b> Re: [sdiy] a provoking question about time<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.75pt;background:white"></p></div><!--removed inky banner--><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">On Sun, 26 Jun 2022, Jay Schwichtenberg via Synth-diy wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">> If you do this in real life you archive all the software used, including the<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">> OS. You're a fucking idiot if you don't. That was one of the first things I<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">> was programmed to do when I started doing this type of work. Some places I've<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">> worked you pull the hard drive and archive it too. Even so you still might not<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"> <o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">This is another good reason to be wary of development tools that want<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">network access to phone home; limited-time license keys mediated by<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">license servers; and automatic updates.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"> <o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">-- <o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Matthew Skala<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">North Coast Synthesis Ltd.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Synth-diy mailing list<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="mailto:Synth-diy@synth-diy.org">Synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="http://synth-diy.org/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy">http://synth-diy.org/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy</a><o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Selling or trading? Use <a href="mailto:marketplace@synth-diy.org">marketplace@synth-diy.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>