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Bill Wheatley Director of Development AEPS INC www.aeps.com Macromedia ColdFusion Alliance Consulting Partner Macromedia ColdFusion 5.0 Certified Developer 954-472-6684 X303 ICQ: 417645 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hatton Humphrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 12:57 PM Subject: Re: 486 PCs - Moral Question > Couple of points here: > 1. 486 machines do fine for simple email clients, word processors and > spreadsheet machines. As a developer you should know that there are > people that are more than fine with old technology. > 2. If you are donating 100% of what you're getting back from sales back > to the school you got the equipment for, you're acting more as a > salesman for the school than for yourself. > 3. If you are telling these people that you're giving them old > technology and they say that's fine, then you're free and clear. > > Hatton > > Haggerty, Michael A. wrote: > > > I have been working on a technology refresh at my daughter's school, and > > have come into possession of a lot of 486 computers. If I did not take them, > > they were headed for the dumpster. > > > > At first, I started putting slackware on the ones I took home, and setting > > them up to do some basic word processing / telnet. I thought I could donate > > them to needy families through my church. > > > > But then my bedroom became filled up with old monitors, keyboards, etc., and > > my dog began eating the mice cables. So I started asking around and seeing > > if anyone wanted the old 486s. I get them in increments, as new technology > > is brought into the school. > > > > One day, Sean, a friend of mine, says he will take one. Mark, the guy who > > sits next to him, say he'll take one too. This was the last one I had, so, > > jokingly, I say "Okay, I will give it to the highest bidder". Mark says ten > > dollars, Sean says twenty, and the price war ends at $30 with Mark waiting > > one week. > > > > Now I am being contacted by friends of friends. I am up to $40 a machine, > > $60 with monitor, and have already made $500 off the deal. > > > > I am donating the money right back to the church (I get the computers from a > > Catholic school) but I wonder: is it morally wrong to sell obsolete > > technology, even to those who believe they need it? I am convinced the > > 'need' is imagined and that these machines are not going to do much for > > anyone. I tell my 'clients' that, but they respond by asking if they can > > pick it up themselves. > > > > M > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
