Old Typesetting files

[Tom Jennings]

On Fri, 12 Nov 2004, Zane H. Healy wrote:

> I got an email from the head guy a little bit ago, and I'm still more than a 
> bit stunned.  As the formats were determined be "Obsolete" the machines,
> software, AND all data files were destroyed.  The books are the only form in
> which the material still exists!

I can't think of a better example of the stupidness of consumer
capitalism.

Consumption and obsolescence should be undesirable side-effects
of human living, not the core reason for existence.

To complete the picture, they should load the resulting debris
into a low-fuel-efficiency car, spend an hour or so in traffic,
on their way to dumping it all in a landfill leaking into the
local water table. To save money.