apologies for any cross-posting Dear all, I thought this was quite an interesting issue on threats from a commercial perspective with some examples from commercial and government users in the USA.With thanks to Chris Muller for forwarding information on this month's "About Legacy Coding" newsletter to the list. See below. Neil ----------------------------------------- Saving Private Asset With apologies to Mr. Spielberg and Mr. Hanks. Volume 4 Issue 5 - October 2002 Our legacy systems contain a wealth of value in both the business rules and the data they contain. In this issue we focus on preserving that value in a number of ways from some good lessons on preserving and transferring archived data to real world lessons on platform migrations. : <A HREF="http://www.aboutlegacycoding.com/">www.aboutlegacycoding.com</A> ****************************************************************************** ******* Neil Beagrie JISC Digital Preservation Focus Programme Director Secretary, Digital Preservation Coalition JISC London Office, Tel/Fax/Voicemail :+44 (0)709 2048179 King's College London email: [log in to unmask] Strand Bridge House url: www.jisc.ac.uk/dner/preservation/ 138 - 142, The Strand, www.dpconline.org London WC2R 1HH email list: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/digital-preservation.html ****************************************************************************** *******