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In article <Pine.LNX.3.96.980929174327.11647A-100000@welpc040.domgen.com>,
Jason Clifford  <jason@ukpost.com> wrote:

>Why do you assume that all software has a 'fairly short useful lifespan'.
>Just because a package is superceded it is not redered useless. There are
>many people who are still running WordPerfect 5.0 as their word processor
>becuase it does everything they need.
>
>I even have an old copy (about 9 years) of a C compiler for DOS that would
>be very useful to me if I ever decided I wanted to compile something for
>DOS.
>
>Old or superceded does not equate to useless.

No, but the lifespan of software is still pretty short when compared with
the lifespan of a book, piece of music, or painting.  A book that was written
50 years ago is still perfectly readable and useful today.  Paintings can
be hundreds of years old and still be appreciated as much today as they were
when they were painted.  I'd be willing to bet that in 50 years you won't
be able to run Windows 98 on any computer than doesn't come from the collection
of some computer archivist.

Alan