Rumor has it that Aaron Christopher Finney may have mentioned these words:
>For the browser impaired, Dell is hosting a contest to find the oldest PC
>still in use in a small business. The winner will receive 15K in computer
>equipment. Businesses have to be < 400 employees and you have to show
>proof with a receipt, warranty card, or other proof of age/purchase...
Actually, I was first thinking of someone who still runs his accounting
business primarily on Tandy Color Computers (1's and 2's - tho he might
have a 3 floating around)...
However, I won't; here's why: From what it looks like on the web page, you
have to donate the old computer setup back to Dell so they can give it to a
museum. If the person I had in mind actually won, he'd kill me - he doesn't
want to upgrade. Pentium Xeon servers won't print the checks any faster
from a daisy-wheel printer any faster than a CoCo can!!!
The other downfall to this is if someone was still using 3-4 Altairs for
their business setup, with the speculation over these machines the company
might actually take a loss thru Dell than selling the machines via auction.
Think about it. Disgusting, ain't it?
Just a thought,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
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Roger "Merch" Merchberger --- sysadmin, Iceberg Computers
Recycling is good, right??? Ok, so I'll recycle an old .sig.
If at first you don't succeed, nuclear warhead
disarmament should *not* be your first career choice.
Received on Wed May 26 1999 - 18:06:05 BST