You sound like someone who burns paintings just because you
don't have space to store them, regardless from being priceless
Picasso's... It's not very hard to understand the following facts:
- the majority of this list subscribers are collectors, which
means that they like collecting certain stuff.
- everyone understands the difference between "storing" and
"collecting". It's impossible to prevent all minis from the planet
from being destroyed -- store all obsolete minis. However, collectors
are available to save a necessarily small percentage from destruction,
by collecting them. They do this because they *love* it.
- the average storage capacity of collectors is usually not
very high. Not everyone is able to own a VAX, and those who are, can't
hold more than 1-2 of such machines. Now compare this storage capacity
with the rate you get minis (you said about 40-50 a year).
- you can't expect to come here saying "I crush 40 minis a
year" without people becoming upset. I guess it breaks the heart of
every collector (at least it breaks mine...).
Cheers,
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