At 02:11 PM 26/07/2012, you wrote: >Worth reading >http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/we-should-revere-the-keepers-of-knowledge-20120725-22qqa.html Is our NSW future owned by "a pack of accountants and philistines"? "Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.'" (G. Orwell) > Record keeping is getting more digital and has no hard > copy........... Its a worry ! And there's not even enough understanding of the difference between backups and digital archiving. Backups can be altered. In the future when fiche readers are no longer available, you can at least simply use a lens. Gary _________________________________ Gary Luke ~ gary@feraltek.com.au Sydney, Australia