29 Nov
2001
29 Nov
'01
10:14 p.m.
"George Leo Rachor Jr." wrote:
I understand discontinuing a product but could never
quite
figure out why you would actually destroy equipment. I mean
what is the point?
Because someone, if they got their hands on it, would try to
send in that old drive a second time for another free new
upgrade one, even though they weren't entitled to it. In their
position, I'd destroy them in a heartbeat. They represented a
future potential liability.
Ian
"They got two good eyes, and they still can't see ..."
George
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George L. Rachor Jr. george(a)rachors.com
Hillsboro, Oregon http://rachors.com
United States of America Amateur Radio : KD7DCX
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Chris wrote:
> I think I read somewhere, that Apple had guards watching the landfill
> until they were satisfied that all the lisa's had been crushed beyond
> hope. But who knows, that could just be a story, and they may all be
> sitting in a pile somewhere waiting to be booted.
>
> -chris
>
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