From: Clem Cole <clemc@ccc.com>
To: Lars Brinkhoff <lars@nocrew.org>
Cc: TUHS main list <tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org>
Subject: Re: [TUHS] [tuhs] Computer history preservation
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 11:33:42 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAC20D2NN65CZ11vw=TAUWsGwfA54VCEiRi0kfzFzKYqfhywJsw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7w7e67mrb1.fsf@junk.nocrew.org>
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Lars - I love it. I've never seen that part of the curve spelled out and
labeled before.
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On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 1:21 AM Lars Brinkhoff <lars@nocrew.org> wrote:
> "Nelson H. F. Beebe" <beebe@math.utah.edu> writes:
> > I came across an article today about another major industry that has
> > been exceedingly careless about preserving its history
>
> It's an extenssion of the hype cycle. It starts like this:
>
> 1. Technology Trigger
> 2. Peak of Inflated Expectations
> 3. Trough of Disillusionment
> 4. Slope of Enlightenment
> 5. Plateau of Productivity
>
> What is usually not pictured is the rest of the curve:
>
> 6. Dip of Sunset Technology.
> 7. Valley of Obsolete Stuff.
> 8. Throwing Away of Old Junk.
> 9. Resurge of Nostalgia.
> 10. Frantic Search on Ebay.
> 11. The Even Higher Peak of Collector's Holy Grail.
>
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-09-16 21:48 Nelson H. F. Beebe
2019-09-16 22:24 ` Gregg Levine
2019-09-16 23:44 ` Dave Horsfall
2019-09-17 0:28 ` Peter Jeremy
2019-09-17 7:46 ` Steve Nickolas
2019-09-17 5:21 ` Lars Brinkhoff
2019-09-17 15:33 ` Clem Cole [this message]
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