Ben,
You've made a good point.
When we have the "timed
install fest with folks all over the county bringing out their old dusty
boxes", I'll be w. you on the sidelines cheering on the competitors
Rodney
Ben Barrett wrote:
> Okay, is this thread about beat to death? I think we can all appreciate
> revival of yester-years technology, since it is so abundant and easy to
> come by; yea, often I dream of devoting my life to helping so many folks
> who _want_ email and other connectivity by finding, fixing up, and
> reconfiguring all the systems I can find from goodwill, dumpsters (yes,
> I've found bootable pc's there!), and flea markets and getting them to the
> folks. I think linux (or bsd, which I know less about) is a good solution
> for that, as it seems to scale well.
>
> Well, let us squabble no longer, please. It is SO good to have the wide
> array of skills that we do, in our group. I'd hate to see such skill
> degrade to an ego's "who can do the most with the least" battle; I'd
> rather see an actual tournament on some Saturday -- I picture a timed
> install fest with folks all over the county bringing out their old dusty
> boxes :)
>
> thanks for the consideration!
>
> ben
