{"id":684,"date":"2007-02-01T14:27:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-01T14:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markwilson.me.uk\/blog\/2007\/02\/retain-or-recycle.htm"},"modified":"2007-02-24T23:04:24","modified_gmt":"2007-02-24T23:04:24","slug":"retain-or-recycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/02\/retain-or-recycle.htm","title":{"rendered":"Retain or recycle?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--117034190390635114--><a href=\"http:\/\/www.recyclenow.com\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/recyclenow.gif?w=700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Recycle now\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>In a few months time, I&#8217;m hoping that we will be able to convert our loft to a new guest room\/my office (den); however that means that I need to do some serious rationalisation of the amount of &#8220;stuff&#8221; we have accumulated.  I did sort out a lot when my second son was born and my wife and I started sharing an office but there are so many things I&#8217;ve been keeping &#8220;just in case I need them&#8221;.  For example, old text books from &#8216;uni &#8211; with the rapid pace of development in IT it seems highly unlikely that they will be relevant today but it seems a shame to let them go.<\/p>\n<p>I have started to move in the right direction as, this morning, a whole load of course notes from Microsoft official curriculum courses went into recycling sacks based on the fact that they date back to the mid-late 90s and relate to unsupported technologies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>687C &#8211; Supporting Microsoft Windows NT core technologies;<\/li>\n<li>688C &#8211; Internetworking with Microsoft TCP\/IP in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0;<\/li>\n<li>730C &#8211; Fundamentals of Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0;<\/li>\n<li>758C &#8211; Supporting Microsoft Internet Information Server 2.0;<\/li>\n<li>973C &#8211; Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 series &#8211; design and implementation;<\/li>\n<li>1100B &#8211; Upgrading to Microsoft Windows NT 5.0;<\/li>\n<li>1267B &#8211; Planning and implementing Active Directory;<\/li>\n<li>1560A &#8211; Updating support skills from Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 to Microsoft Windows 2000;<\/li>\n<li>1561A &#8211; Designing a Microsoft Windows 2000 directory services infrastructure;<\/li>\n<li>1562A &#8211; Designing a Windows 2000 networking services infrastructure;<\/li>\n<li>1563A &#8211; Designing a change and configuration management infrastructure for Microsoft Windows 2000 professional;<\/li>\n<li>1579A &#8211; Accelerated training for updating support skills and designing a directory services infrastructure for Microsoft Windows 2000.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It feels good to have such a clearout but what if I need those notes?  Sure, the likelihood of me implementing NT 4.0\/Exchange 4.0 or even Windows 2000\/Exchange 5.5 these days is pretty slim (and they&#8217;ve all been stored in boxes in the loft since 2001), but I just might want to look back at what Microsoft were recommending in those days!  I&#8217;m in a bit of a dilemma here &#8211; am I throwing away a piece of IT history, or just reversing a dangerous tendency to hoard?  As there is no-where at work for me to store this stuff, the only other option is to buy a bigger house!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a few months time, I&#8217;m hoping that we will be able to convert our loft to a new guest room\/my office (den); however that means that I need to do some serious rationalisation of the amount of &#8220;stuff&#8221; we have accumulated. 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