Don Maslin's archive

[Dwight K. Elvey]

>From: "Barry Watzman" <Watzman at neo.rr.com>
>
>Re: "But gathering together a large number of rare, desirable items
>(however subjective) into one place without a will or letter of
>intent is not "archiving". In fact it's the opposite -- items were
>taken out of circulation probably permanently."
>
>A point here that might be worth making to Don's widow is that since the
>materials in question are software archives, they can both be made available
>to the world while she still retains the physical items and library herself.
>It's not like collecting motorcycles.  These items can be duplicated without
>any destruction of the originals.

Hi
 I don't believe this is her issue. I suspect it is a combination
of grief, anger and ignorance. I think the main thing to do is
to let her know that she shouldn't just dump the stuff. Beyond
that, I'd guess just back off and leave her alone.
Dwight