Lists/Portals - was Re: [Sca-cooks] STOP TOP POSTING!

[David Friedman]

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>My concern about having what essentially becomes a 
>library/repository of information is this:  How reliable is the 
>backup procedures, if any, and what happens if the person running it 
>goes away, forgets to pay the hosting bills, loses interest, etc. 
>Building a vast repository only to see it vanish in an instant would 
>not only be devastating but a tragic loss.  Having a group of 
>decision-makers limits the possibility of catastrophic failure due 
>to a mistake or deliberate act of sabotage by any one person while 
>also providing a variety of opinions and experiences.
>
>Duriel

Those of us with lots of hard drive space have an archive. I have 
saved email--most of it what went out to the list--going back to 
1996. The virtues of redundancy.
-- 
David Friedman
www.daviddfriedman.com
daviddfriedman.blogspot.com/