On Mon, 10 Feb 2003, Bruce Lilly wrote:
Because there are old messages, all of the existing methods need to
continue to be supported indefinitely so that those old messages can
still be read.
Analogy: because there is still data on old 5.25" floppy discs, all
computers need to be able to read them indefinitely.
Of course not. If you want to read an old 5.25" floppy, you find a
conversion service.
*Something* needs to be able to read old messages indefinitely, but I
don't see why it has to be *everything*.
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