At 00:16 +0100 5/26/05, Mark Benson wrote: >In my opinion it's sick, and stupid. There are people out there who don't >have a computer, and want one but don't have the cash. Give them a nice shiny >G3 B&W with a 10GB hard disk and OS 9.2, Eudora and a copy of AppleWorks 6 >and they are set to go. Some people simply don't NEED power.
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