MS>  MS>    "Libraries" of no-longer-under-copyright material on 486s 
MS> with UNIX
MS>  MS>would have many advantages over conventional libraries: 
MS> acquisition 
MS>  MS>costs, availability, no theft problems, no need for an increase 
MS> in 
MS>  MS>holdings for an increase in users, etc.
MS>  MS>
MS> 
MS> How about theft of the 486's?  Or vandalism?
    It's a lot easier to effectively secure _one_ 486 than 10,000 books!
    You can even just lock up the 486 by itself in the librarian's office, 
behind a locked door and locked to her table.
    OTOH, the security problems (both theft and vandalism) in HS libraries 
are horrendous.  
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