[time-nuts] Maintaining boatanchors

J. Forster jfor at quik.com
Sat Oct 23 21:44:51 UTC 2010


Very true, except it's more like 5-10 years.

-John

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> Bob wrote:
>
>>I've been down that road a couple of times. You get to a point where
>>everyone involved does indeed agree that "it's not a secret"
>>anymore. Going the final step and actually getting permission to
>>hand out the code is often impossible. You get into a "nobody has
>>the authority to approve that" hassle.
>
> Approve it?  I bet most manufacturers can't even FIND the code for
> equipment designed more than 25 years ago.  Note that HP has had to
> rely on the kindness of strangers for copies of its older manuals.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Charles
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