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I must be naive too, then, because this is what I thought at first. Anything that gets dollars into the hands of the archive.org folks is fine with me, but this
by nathanb 13y ago
I must be naive too, then, because this is what I thought at first. Anything that gets dollars into the hands of the archive.org folks is fine with me, but this is what insurance policies are for.
- poopsintub 13y agoDo they even own the place, it looks like it's probably rented. How much will it cost to replace a desk and a computer?
- jlgreco 13y agoApparently they lost scanning equipment.
- PhasmaFelis 13y agoThe article's only five paragraphs; maybe you could try reading it? "High-end digitizing equipment" isn't cheap. Just one big archival scanner can run $5000-$10,000 or more, and they had quite a few of those, probably specialized/customized.
- noselasd 13y agoInsurance probably cover the material loss. But often not the time to rebuild, reconfigure, re-layout, re-do, set-up, test every new item you get back. You might even have custom built, one-off pieces which will take even more effort to replace with whatever replacement gadget you get.