26 Apr
2005
26 Apr
'05
4:04 p.m.
On Mon, 25 Apr 2005, Tom Uban wrote:
It's a complete shame. There is a significant
industry that is based on
the resale of surplus equipment. To just destroy it needlessly pollutes,
throws away jobs, and does not support the economy. To what end does the
destruction of antique equipment, which has already been stripped of any
information that might further nefarious individuals or wayward countries,
going to prevent another 9/11 incedent?
It's not, but it might make manufacturers more profitable. This is the
same scam that companies in California pulled when the draft e-waste law
would have required them to make computers easy to disassemble and
upgrade. The corporate interests killed that provision because it meant
they would have to be competing against their own older products on the
surplus market. At least that was their rationale.
Once again, corporate interests prevail.
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