From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: hansolofalcon@worldnet.att.net (Gregg C Levine) Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 12:51:31 -0500 Subject: [TUHS] LoC now involved with saving digital history In-Reply-To: <20030225080513.5b176bfe.wgm@telus.net> Message-ID: <000001c2dcf6$8f957f00$7ec7580c@who5> Hello from Gregg C Levine Same here. But as an American I am fully aware of the differences on all three levels. State, Federal, and City. And why they do, or don't work. I did succeed in figuring out what our friend in Oz was talking about. And I am pleased that the LoC is getting involved. ------------------- Gregg C Levine hansolofalcon at worldnet.att.net ------------------------------------------------------------ "The Force will be with you...Always." Obi-Wan Kenobi "Use the Force, Luke."  Obi-Wan Kenobi (This company dedicates this E-Mail to General Obi-Wan Kenobi ) (This company dedicates this E-Mail to Master Yoda ) > -----Original Message----- > From: tuhs-admin at minnie.tuhs.org [mailto:tuhs-admin at minnie.tuhs.org] On > Behalf Of Wm. G. McGrath > Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 11:05 AM > To: tuhs > Subject: Re: [TUHS] LoC now involved with saving digital history > > On Tue, 25 Feb 2003 10:33:38 +1030 > "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" wrote: > > >Sorry, I wasn't clear. In America, "Federal" refers to the > >American federal government. Here it refers to the Australian > >federal government. Thus, the funds that the original poster > >mentioned would probably not be available. > > Clear enough. As a Canadian I'm certainly aware of the difference > between federal and regional goverments. AFAIK though Digital was a > Massachusetts company and thus the LoC has an interest in it's > activities - along with the rest of the American computer industry. > It's only logical that they'd have an interest in TUHS archives. It > would be a shame to see TUHS loose out because of a silly turf war. > Regardless of where the archive site hardware is located, the > information in TUHS archives is clearly American. If you are > interested in the preservation of Unix heritage I really can't see > the point of nationalistic hostility, refusing to cooperate, or at > least of trying. The LoC is certainly one of the best data > repositories on the planet, and a great way of ensuring that > knowledge about Unix is available to future generations. In my view > results will probably depend more upon how things are approached > rather then what country the server is located in. One thing is > perfectly clear. Digital heritage has become very important. > > bill > > http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/ndiipp/repor/repor_plan.html > http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2003/03-022.html > http://www.loc.gov/ > _______________________________________________ > TUHS mailing list > TUHS at minnie.tuhs.org > http://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/tuhs