> From: Thomas Derwin
> Malcolm had a great site. A real loss the the MV world.

> From: JPB
> Gone...all gone... :-(

It's not all gone, some documents are still out there but I don't
think it's appropriate to make a last-ditch effort to grab
resources that Malcolm later offered for-fee.  IMO, there's a
difference between how we can use technology and how we should.
YMMV  If the resources were so precious, perhaps people should
have been paying Malcolm for his efforts while the resources were
available for purchase?

I offered years ago to host, sell, and send him the proceeds for
any of his materials.  He declined as he has with all similar
offerings.  It's all great work but now it's a bit dated as well,
and would need a tremendous amount of redacting to be a current,
accurate, and quality sort of reference for today's IT personnel.

There are at least two things that can be said about old
documentation.  First, it's better than nothing.  Second, if it's
old or incomplete it could be worse nothing.  Both can be true
depending on the specific context.  Not only do you not want
people to be influenced by obsolete notions of how things work,
but you also don't want them talking to management, family, or
competitors about how your company can't afford software with
documentation from this decade.  Then again, for a lot of it, not
much has changed since the last decade.  As always, lots of
angles.  I hope something can be done to ensure Malcolm gets what
he wants while preserving the resource for the community so that
it can be reincarnated later.

Tony Gravagno
Nebula Research and Development
TG@ remove.pleaseNebula-RnD.com
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