[SIGCIS-Members] The History of Computing from the Paul G. Allen Collection

[D. Schmudde]

Like many others, I'm disappointed to see Living Computer's demise 
and auction.

Preservation is an important part of our discipline and preserving 
running systems is a monumental task. So a special thanks to all 
those on this list who put in the effort. I mean this not only as 
a technical challenge, but as an administrative challenge. Jason 
Scott's take on this might have ruffled a few feathers 
(http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/5672), but he made one 
important assertion, "I want to refocus to the fact that the 
Living Computer Museum was never a museum." It was always the Paul 
G. Allen Collection.

A warm appreciation to those who have managed to turn Gordon 
Bell's collection (USA) and Heinz Nixdorf's legacy (Germany) into 
something longer lasting. And all the others big and small that 
keep the doors open and even (sometimes) systems running.

/David


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