Manuals :Surplus Re: UK

From: joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Fri May 25 17:54:41 2001

At 12:09 PM 5/25/01 -0500, you wrote:
>At 08:19 AM 5/25/01 -0400, joe wrote:
> >>The prblem with school equipment is the disposals policy. As they are
> bought
> >>with public money the requirements for disposal are very strict. In my
> area
> >>the policy is:
> >>
> >>1) Offer to other departments
> >>2) Offer to other schools
> >>3) Offer to other local authority departments
> >>4) Offer to charitable institutions
> >>5) Offer to staff
> >
> > The policy in the US is the same except there's no **requirement** to
> offer the stuff to the staff. Although mandy places do.
>
>And here, they're required to erase all software, and apparently
>any docs or disks also get chucked before the item is put up
>for surplus sale.


     Shoot! Usually they just pull and trash the hard drive :-( I don't
know what happens to the books but it's rare to get manuals with ANYTHING
that gets surplused. I've heard rumors that because of copyright laws (or
some othe lame reason) they can't "re-sell" the manuals and have to destroy
them. Does anyone know what the exact reason is?

     Joe


>- John
Received on Fri May 25 2001 - 17:54:41 BST