<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2838" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=286251217-05042006>DDQ 5(1) is available at <A href="http://home.pacbell.net/hgladney/ddq_5_1.htm">http://home.pacbell.net/hgladney/ddq_5_1.htm</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=286251217-05042006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=286251217-05042006>This number asks "Why So Slow towards Practical Preservation?" and suggests answers that are admittedly incomplete, and are perhaps also controversial.  DDQ offers to publish brief dissents with its opinions.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=286251217-05042006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=286251217-05042006>It also contains a dozen short reports on preservation and innovation announcements of more than average interest, starting with several European items.  Its "Home Computing" section suggests several free or inexpensive utility programs that appeal to me.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best wishes, Henry</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>H.M. Gladney, Ph.D.     </FONT><A href="http://home.pacbell.net/hgladney/"><FONT face=Arial size=2>http://home.pacbell.net/hgladney/</FONT></A><SPAN class=150282119-05042006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> <FONT color=#000000>   </FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT face=Arial size=2>HMG Consulting</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>