State of the Hobby

From: Max Eskin <max82_at_surfree.com>
Date: Wed Jun 30 17:09:45 1999

On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Kai Kaltenbach wrote:
>Lately, there has been a disturbing trend towards isolationism and elitism
>among our flock, up to and including outright hostility. This has got to
>stop.

We won't name the person who is most likely to be in our minds at the
moment.

>Every time I hear somebody say something like, "Are you going to sell that
>to a REAL collector at a decent price or are you going to WHORE it on EBAY?"
>I just want to gag. Amazing as this may seem, the people on eBay deserve
>this stuff as much as you do, mr. nose-in-the-air elitist. Oh sure, who

Well, there is nothing wrong with wanting classic computers to remain
among people whom you trust as computer user/collectors/etc.

>an idiot. People pay money for something because they want it. So, you're
>basically upset that somebody wants it more than you do?

I agree that this is not a legitimate thing over which to become angry,
but there is an issue that this is driving the prices up, out of reach of
people who can handle these machines, and into the reach of people who
want to encase them in plastic and put them into their 500 sq.ft. living
room. This is causing some hostility.

--Max Eskin (max82_at_surfree.com)
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