15 Dec
1998
15 Dec
'98
7:19 a.m.
On Tue, 15 Dec 1998 yowza(a)yowza.com wrote:
this "community." We can no longer assume
that everybody on this list is
interested in the preservation of old computers, so it doesn't make sense
That right there is a very important statement, on par with "Carthago
delenda est". I agree with you completely. I guess the old days of
innocence are gone. It's not just an Enrico Tedeschi every few months,
there are actually people trying to make money off this hobby.
-- Doug
----------------------------------------------------
Max Eskin | kurtkilgor(a)bigfoot.com | AOL: kurtkilgor
15 Dec
15 Dec
7:50 a.m.
At 04:19 PM 12/15/98 -0500, Max wrote:
That right there is a very important statement, on par
with "Carthago
delenda est". I agree with you completely. I guess the old days of
innocence are gone. It's not just an Enrico Tedeschi every few months,
there are actually people trying to make money off this hobby.
Correction, there ARE people making money off this hobby. This change of
events is the source of the recent swelling in prices that people will pay.
A "rationalization" of the market as William Gibson so aptly described it.
Denying it, or trying to write contracts to prevent it, doesn't change it.
Sorry.
--Chuck
P.S. I'll go $350 on that Sol-20 Jim ...
11 a.m.
On Tue, 15 Dec 1998, Chuck McManis wrote:
Correction, there ARE people making money off this
hobby. This change of
events is the source of the recent swelling in prices that people will pay.
A "rationalization" of the market as William Gibson so aptly described it.
Denying it, or trying to write contracts to prevent it, doesn't change it.
Sorry.
Apology accepted :-) As I've said, I don't have a big problem with people
making money off this stuff, but if you buy into that up front, then let
it be Jim who makes the money. He knows where he can get the best price.
However, if money isn't the main goal, there are alternatives that work.
Following your reasoning, all of the museums would be empty.
P.S. I'll go $350 on that Sol-20 Jim ...
I'll go $200, and I'll ensure that people learn something about it and
from it.
-- Doug
9508
days inactive
9508
days old
2 comments
3 participants
participants (3)
-
cmcmanis＠freegate.com -
kurtkilg＠geocities.com -
yowza＠yowza.com