Asking HP to open source HP calculator software and patents

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(05-15-2018 04:21 PM)Tim Wessman Wrote:  Losing code/designs for old products is extremely common - not just large businesses but small as well. You move to a new system that doesn't directly support the old one, and no plans in moving forward the punch cards or whatever medium it is on takes place since the people who generally care about that are not the ones controlling the purse or the time.

Its just how it is unfortunately.

Thanks for the info. Another point for a sort of duty for archives that should be instituted by the society. People cry over the library of Alexandria but we lose tons of contributions and solutions every moment.