26 May
2013
26 May
'13
7:36 p.m.
On 26 May 2013
19:21, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> There's a purely selfish reason, I guess. If machines are selling for
> very high prices then I'll not be able to afford to buy them. Oh well..
>
> But there's another reason. There seems to be no correlation between
> technical ability and wealth (if there is a correlation, it's small and
> negative, in that highly-paid jobs tend not to be electronics/computer
> related). Which means, alas, that some old computers, the Apple 1 being
> a
> prime example, are not so likely to be owned by people who can restore
> them, care for them, and run them.
More bullshit. You have provided no evidence that people who are wealthy
don't care about the things they buy, nor that they have no skills to
restore them (do you have *any* idea how many silicon valley millionaires
there are?), or will not run them. The sentiment expressed here is
simple wealth envy and nothing more.