Re: [-empyre-] Migration & Restoration and mutating aesthetics

[r cannon <rebecca@tardis.ath.cx>]

> 
> I guess from the artists' and producers' perspective, the more you are
> able to document the applications and formats and programming and
> standards etc. that you use for the works you create and include this
> with your work, the better able those who may take an interest in
> archiving it will be able to manage the long term preservation issue.
> Obviously behind this is an awareness of preservation issues and needs
> by the producers and cooperation between the producers and the
> archivists.
> 
> Paul

Perhaps software developers also need to keep this in mind with regards to
continually making available prior versions of their software. Just checking
netscape.com they have every version except netscape1.