What is Textfiles.com and Why Archive the Internet?

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I've been in the tech industry since 1992 in some form or another, and I've gotten to know a lot of technologists.I can say that my recent interview of Jason Scott, proprietor of textfiles.com, Software Archivist at The Internet Archive and long-time Tranquil Hosting customer, is a career highlight for me and something I'll not soon forget.This digital world we live in moves so fast - at one point in the discussion Jason compares contemporary digital realities to the life of a fruit fly (#classic!) - that I for one am deeply grateful for the work Jason and others do to preserve this history and make it freely and perpetually available for us and future generations.Here's the short, 2-minute, version of our conversation.[embed]https://youtu.be/m2dB0wii28U[/embed]And here's the full discussion - about 30 minutes.[embed]https://youtu.be/9sw67MVZ-ug[/embed]