[LINK] Winsite went down in 2009 and mirrors erased it (!)

Glen Turner gdt at gdt.id.au
Wed May 16 22:33:10 AEST 2012


On 15/05/12 12:30, Fernando Cassia wrote:
> That in the age of 1TB+ hard drives that one major repository of
> shareware and freeware software went down in 2009 and its mirrors
> proceeded to DELETE THEIR ARCHIVES rather then keep their copies, is
> criminal, if you ask me.

It rather depends on the purpose of the mirror. Many would see removing
abandoned content as exactly what the word "mirror" implies.

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Glen Turner   www.gdt.id.au/~gdt



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