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   From: tlake@twcny.rr.com   
      
   "eugene"  wrote in message   
   news:191ece38-bb95-47f2-96ba-afdaf88df915@e4g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...   
   > On Jan 26, 2:55 pm, "FRED"  wrote:   
      
   > [1]  The primary purpose of an archive is to preserve these materials   
   > for study and future generation.  That is, the primary purpose is not   
   > to provide you or anyone else with free stuff.  Ira is faithfully and   
   > diligently continuing to archive materials sent to him for the purpose   
   > of preservation, and this is the most important and most urgent need.   
      
   Preservation does no one any good at all if the files preserved aren't made   
   available.  The net effect is the same as if they were destroyed; no one   
   can access them.   
      
   Tom Lake   
      
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