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Re:The long road to recover Frogger 2 source from tape drives by robotnikman on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @02:44PM (#36062366)
The company that made it probably was hoping for vendor lock-in
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Re:The long road to recover Frogger 2 source from tape drives by cosmotic on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @03:07PM (#36062649)
Vendor lock in for backup and archival products is so ridiculous. It increases R&D to ensure the lock-in, and the company won't exist by the time the lock-in takes effect.
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Re:The long road to recover Frogger 2 source from tape drives by fifteen1506 on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @03:38PM (#36062968)
Well yes, but the boss probably is willing to invest more money (meaning higher salaries, more people, better tools) expecting a future return than when using reasonable formats.
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