From: "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh(a)aracnet.com> Jim, You know, you might want to make sure you've got the right company first here is the website for "Veritas DGC Limited" http://www.veritasdgc.com/ They most definitly are not Veritas Software Corporation. As for the the question of is it ethical to sell or give to a large corporation, I don't see giving, but I can sure see selling. Selling to industries that have need of some of the equipment that Hobbyists have saved can be a good way of offsetting the storage costs of ones collection.

What's more ethical, hoarding equipment that someone desperately needs, and

Zane >>Mr Jan T. Wood >>Data Services Manager >>Veritas DGC Limited. >>Telephone DD: +44 (0)1293 443263 >>Facsimile: +44 (0)1293 443200 >>Mobile: 0 77 11 66 4545 >> >> >> >> >From veritas about web page: > >VERITAS Software Corporation (NASDAQ: VRTS) is headquartered in Mountain View,

>and employs more than 6,300 people in 36 countries. With annualized revenues

>in 2002, VERITAS Software ranks among the top 10 software companies in the

>Through its award-winning and market-leading products focused on business

>and continuity, VERITAS Software provides the building blocks for utility

> >This is a big operation, Any transactions with this company should be on a

>That then begs the question, Is it ethical ( for a CC'er ) to sell or give

>a large corporation for the profit of this operation? Most likely the

>be locked up in some machine room available at $1000/hr? It's also an oil

>I'll leave the members of CC to judge. Their product is mapping data sets for

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