Dumpster Diving was Re: Washington DC area vintage sour

From: Brett <danjo_at_xnet.com>
Date: Thu Oct 29 07:17:13 1998

On Wed, 28 Oct 1998, D. Peschel wrote:
> I think the trick is to find a company that strikes a balance between
> its own interests and the interests of hackers. (No, I don't have any
> suggestions.)
> Providing a channel so hackers can say, "Gee, this is neat, I'd like it!"
> is a worthy thing. Having employees "break" stuff so they can get it is
> not a worthy thing.

When I worked for Western Electric in the mid-70's they had suffered from
above to such an extent that ALL trash was crushed and compacted. So I
stood spell bound in anger and watched as 11 PDP-8's where systematically
disassembled and crushed.

It was a very sad day....

BC
Received on Thu Oct 29 1998 - 07:17:13 GMT