1. "RE: good news/bad news/weird news"
In response to message #0
> it's not as if >software spoils like fruit,
It can. Bitrot is a thing that happens from time to time; it might be advisable to check the checksums on the binaries for the runtimes. Reviewing the databases is probably a good idea as well.
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea