sad to report...

[Jules Richardson]

William Donzelli wrote:
>> my company that i work for has just decommissioned an hp9000 system 
>> for scrap and 11 dec vt420's circa 1991, unopened, with keyboards. 
>> they did not give option on taking them or buying them =/
>> don't you hate it when the bean counters get involved because they 
>> think the scrappers will not be jerks and resell what they get 
>> instead of doing their jobs and just scrapping it and keeping it from 
>> the employees for personal use?
> 
> The problem tends to be the employees reselling the surplus. And after
> that, little underground networks within the company form up to make sure
> that certain items are decommissioned and go to certain employees. You can
> see where this is going.

If it's not too late, see if you can get a local museum on board to do the 
negotiating; maybe it will get the point across that the idea is to preserve 
this stuff - not sell it on to make a fast buck.

cheers

Jules