Re(2): [SunRescue] Suns going to the junkyard

[Lyndon Griffin]

The Nazis burned books, too - I like to use that analogy when dealing with
these issues...

<:)  Lyndon Griffin
http://www.bsd4us.org

On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, Tim Hauber wrote:

> rescue at sunhelp.org,Internet writes:
> >Yup, sounds like big-computer-company-trash syndrome.
> >
> >Recently I was down at Cisco HQ, and noticed millions of signs about
> >'Frugility', with little writings about how not buying plane tickets in
> >advance costs them a million a year. Then I mosy over to their dumpster,
> >and find about $14mil worth of equipment in it. Lotsa unopened,
> >still-in-wrapper kina stuff. Its real sad, especially since i believe they
> >destory all their tech trash.. not sure on that tho
> >
> >-t12
> 
> It's the same old story, the military throws helicopters in the ocean, the
> Gov't burns excess grain, K-Mart destroys scratch and dent returns,  A lot
> of universities sledgehammer discarded equip, there is an underlying fear
> that someone else might get a benefit from something you don't consider
> useful anymore.  
> 
> 
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