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[Vintage Computer Festival]

On Mon, 16 May 2005, Jim Leonard wrote:

> Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
> > This is the problem that FutureKeep aims to resolve.  Existing images will
> > be able to be converted to the FutureKeep standard, but they will lack
> > essential metadata.  Once FutureKeep exists, it is hoped that any new
> > images made will be done in that universal standard.  It is also hoped
> > that volunteers will go back and re-image all possible software in the
> > FutureKeep file format.
>
> No offense to anyone who may be part of the project, but that's a pipe dream.

What part?  At any rate, my answer is "Not at all."

> I think a better goal is to create conversion utilities that perform
> cross-conversion to/from FutureKeep format, as that is much more realistic.

That will also be done, but I would prefer to re-do images that don't have
sufficient metadata.

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