Re: Transoposing Software

Moreover, the ABC format is currently supported by a wide variety of 
software writers, on a variety of operating systems.  The source code to 
many of the programs is public.  All this means that the chance of the ABC 
files becoming "meaningless", even in 15 years, is very much smaller than 
the chance of that happening to any proprietory format that exists only as 
long as its one supporting company exists and keeps on supporting it.

- Moshe

On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 08:13:55 +0100, Len Killick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I guess ABC files will never be useless as they can be read by mere 
> humans
> (in the worst case) and input into something new - unless, of course, 
> some
> PC Operating System of the future no longer supports ASCII...
>
> Len
>
> "DavBarnert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > ...
> > In short, I'm screwed. It's just gone. Donde drano. And you know
> > what? I've learned to accept it. I've moved on. Now I'm spending
> > thousands of hours doing abc stuff and in 15 years, the files will
> > probably be just as meaningless.