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Tue Jun 14 17:44:51 CDT 2005


On Tue, 14 Jun 2005, Tim Shoppa wrote:

> > (Joining in Tim's cynicism...)
>
> Keep in mind that if they ever do get out of "analysis paralysis" (this
> subject has come up many times before for the past several decades but
> nothing is ever actually done by the government projects!) that there
> is enough money in the project to not just distort the market for
> Classic Computers, but to totally obliterate the entire concept of
> random individuals with old machines at home.  There's a very big
> chunk of a billion dollars involved.  If you thought that dkdkk guy on
> E-bay was distorting things, you ain't seen nothing yet.  When the
> defense contractors decide they need all of "x", there will be
> total havoc.

Hmm, might be a good occasion to get out of collecting and sell what I've
got then ;')

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