The “dear appy” problem

• Dear Appy,

• How committed are you? Please come back to me. Forever yours truly, Lost and forgotten data

• Who’s responsible?

• • Media or 8 track cassette, 8” floppy
  • Evolving platform, file, and database
  • Evolving, incompatible standards & formats for legacy data that disregard ancestors
  • Evolving and/or disappearing apps