"George Leo Rachor Jr." wrote:
> I understand discontinuing a product but could never quite
> figure out why you would actually destroy equipment. I mean
> what is the point?
Because someone, if they got their hands on it, would try to
send in that old drive a second time for another free new
upgrade one, even though they weren't entitled to it. In their
position, I'd destroy them in a heartbeat. They represented a
future potential liability.
Ian
"They got two good eyes, and they still can't see ..."
>
> George
>
> =========================================================
> George L. Rachor Jr. george_at_rachors.com
> Hillsboro, Oregon http://rachors.com
> United States of America Amateur Radio : KD7DCX
>
> On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Chris wrote:
>
> > I think I read somewhere, that Apple had guards watching the landfill
> > until they were satisfied that all the lisa's had been crushed beyond
> > hope. But who knows, that could just be a story, and they may all be
> > sitting in a pile somewhere waiting to be booted.
> >
> > -chris
> >
> > <http://www.mythtech.net>
> >
> >
Received on Fri Nov 30 2001 - 06:14:09 GMT