Goodwill Computer Store Austin, TX

From: Ernest <ernestls_at_home.com>
Date: Tue Nov 6 15:05:31 2001

> Though I do covet some of the items in the museum, there is at
> least one positive thing that
> having it at Goodwill has over it being in the hands of a private
> collector, and that is that the
> items are available for many more people to "enjoy". Now they
> might not get as much as
> someone on this list who can "truely appreciate" it, but a great
> many people have seen it and
> had positive experiences. I think having something like this is
> very good at raising the
> awareness amongst people that these old computers aren't purely
> boat anchors. A few of the
> systems there were saved from the scrapper by the virtue of the
> person seeing the museum
> and donating versus junking the systems.

That is a good point but doesn't it seem a little strange that an
organization that is supposed to be focused on selling donated junk to help
the poor would hold onto items that are clearly worth a bit of money for the
purpose of display? Is that ethical? Are they developing a new focus?

E.
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