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[David Gerard]

Anthony Atkielski (atkielski.anthony at wanadoo.fr) [050208 03:16]:
> David Gerard writes:
 
> DG> That would sorta suck. I know I write my questions and answers with
> DG> a view to them being searchable on the web maybe months or years
> DG> later, as I know how very grateful I am to those whose archived
> DG> words have helped me before.
 
> Having to search an archive of e-mail messages as a substitute for real
> support sucks to begin with.  I've almost never found anything useful
> when searching the archives, and even when I have, it takes longer to
> find it in the archives than it does to just ask the question again.
 

I go to a site called google.com and I enter error messages verbatim, and
often what comes back is a pile of mailing list posts. They are far
superior to nothing.


> DG> So it helps the copyright situation, but breaks the usefulness of
> DG> any archive.
 
> The copyright situation is an unavoidable legal mandate, not an option.
> You cannot defend against an infringement action by saying that
> respecting copyright would have been inconvenient for you.
 


Of course. However, I am pointing out that the searchable archive on the
web is a fantastically useful thing and worth trying to preserve, not a
minor detail not worth considering in the search for a resolution.


- d.