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== Non-functionality ==
 
== Non-functionality ==
 
Can no longer be used as originally intended, or no one knows how to use or repair something that might still work.  Institutional memory
 
Can no longer be used as originally intended, or no one knows how to use or repair something that might still work.  Institutional memory
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Media don't die when they break
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== Extinction ==
 
== Extinction ==
 
Go the way of the dodo
 
Go the way of the dodo

Revision as of 11:52, 23 April 2008

Obsolescence

The attic, the basement, ebay These are not skeletons, but fully functional, intact bodies, in the closet.

Non-functionality

Can no longer be used as originally intended, or no one knows how to use or repair something that might still work. Institutional memory Media don't die when they break

Extinction

Go the way of the dodo Lapsed patent? Cease manufacturing?

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