Eventual fate of our machines

From: Salzman, Jeff <jsalzman_at_hersheys.com>
Date: Wed Oct 7 12:46:14 1998

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>Kind of a life time rental agreement ?
>Sounds interesting. This might be a good idea.
>But won't the mony winn over the idea ?

There's always that issue. I find it analogous to retirement homes in
this area. People 'buy' a retirment home, townhouse, apartment, etc. for
a fixed price and then live there. When they die, it belongs to the
retirement home to sell again. The cycle continues. If you've seen some
of the homes around here, you know they've been around for a while. Part
of the charge funds maintenance fees and lawn care (the latter not being
important for computers). The continuous re-renting of the property
helps keep the available funds around to maintain everything.

I'm not saying that the 'organization' fund for maintenance to whoever
rented the computer, but the concept is similar. The end goal in this
case is to do what's possible to keep it around for the next person.

>But, if we could keep it to a small and more individual to
>individual base, I'm in.

Do I hear charters?
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>> Some of the funding can also be used to provide insurance coverage to
>> members by people who know the value of what's being insured.
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>Thats a very dangerous terrain.

I do agree with you. Here, in the state of Pennsylvania, insurance of
any type is heavily regulated. It may not be as bad for other states or
countries.
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Received on Wed Oct 07 1998 - 12:46:14 BST