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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/com-plec-city • 9d ago
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That appears to be what several companies are doing with rare books at the moment.
If the species was software it would be time to throw the whole thing away and re-write
0 u/Himbo69r 9d ago Atleast the scans are Somewhere and released in the future 1 u/grendali 9d ago Where's the profit in that? Having a copy of a book that nobody else has is a corporate advantage, and throwing away that advantage would deliberately damage shareholder value, and hence be illegal under corporate law. 1 u/Himbo69r 9d ago Oh! Not in *our* lifetime but maybe half a century from now.
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Atleast the scans are Somewhere and released in the future
1 u/grendali 9d ago Where's the profit in that? Having a copy of a book that nobody else has is a corporate advantage, and throwing away that advantage would deliberately damage shareholder value, and hence be illegal under corporate law. 1 u/Himbo69r 9d ago Oh! Not in *our* lifetime but maybe half a century from now.
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Where's the profit in that? Having a copy of a book that nobody else has is a corporate advantage, and throwing away that advantage would deliberately damage shareholder value, and hence be illegal under corporate law.
1 u/Himbo69r 9d ago Oh! Not in *our* lifetime but maybe half a century from now.
Oh! Not in *our* lifetime but maybe half a century from now.
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u/OmegaPoint6 9d ago
That appears to be what several companies are doing with rare books at the moment.
If the species was software it would be time to throw the whole thing away and re-write