[cctalk] Re: Pragmatically [was: Experience using an Altair 8800 ("Personal computer" from 70s)]

On Tue, 28 May 2024, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote: About a quarter century ago, the college gave a computer to each tenured professor. Although possibly nominally owned by the college, they did not ask for them back, and refused when anybody tried to return one. After the contract for them was negotiated for name-brand machines, the purchasing office (malfeasance with kickbacks) let the vendor substitute generics. ("Chembook" with NTFS 4) Our union (powerless wimps) had been unsuccessful at getting it to permit individuals to make their own purchase and be reimbursed. Would reimbursement of a apersonal purchase change whether it was a "personal" computer? "If your working television sits on top of your non-working television, you might be a redneck." - Jeff Foxworthy What if your current laptop (not being carried around) sits on top of your previous laptop? -- Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com