[time-nuts] Maintaining boatanchors

Charles P. Steinmetz charles_steinmetz at lavabit.com
Sat Oct 23 21:29:07 UTC 2010


Bob wrote:

>I've been down that road a couple of times. You get to a point where 
>everyone involved does indeed agree that "it's not a secret" 
>anymore. Going the final step and actually getting permission to 
>hand out the code is often impossible. You get into a "nobody has 
>the authority to approve that" hassle.

Approve it?  I bet most manufacturers can't even FIND the code for 
equipment designed more than 25 years ago.  Note that HP has had to 
rely on the kindness of strangers for copies of its older manuals.

Best regards,

Charles







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