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I agree completely with David’s paper. Most important is his general statement: “The development of computer software ranks among the major historical advances of the last century. Preserving a representative historical record of this achievement is an international cultural goal.”
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Petzold, H. (2002). Commentary on David K. Allison, “Preserving Software in History Museums”. In: Hashagen, U., Keil-Slawik, R., Norberg, A.L. (eds) History of Computing: Software Issues. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04954-9_24
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