[WEB4LIB] Re: Standby for Reverse Paradigm Shift

David Merchant merchant at bayou.com
Tue Aug 31 12:37:18 EDT 1999


>Well, then that may be a good thing.  That which is worth saving will be 
>saved.  That which is not won't.  Van Gogh's paintings will continue to be 
>saved and preserved.  Mine won't.  No great loss.

Would that that be true.  How many Van Gogh's were sold during his
lifetime?  One?  Two?  He was so un-appreciated that had his works been
digital, they would not have been deemed worth saving until well after his
death, at which point they would've been lost.  

TTFN,
David
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