[SunRescue] Re: Woah, a PCI Ultra 1

[Sheldon T. Hall]

On Friday, March 10, 2000 2:52 AM, Jonathan [no, I don't write for /.] Katz 
wrote:

[snip]
>
> Any site that does any kind of OEM or partner work for Sun is a good
> place to start hunting for Alpha/Beta-type equipment. Most get that
> equipment free from Sun, devlop on it, and then "forget" to return it
> when the real products hit the market.... then the next cycle of
> development occurs, and that old box goes into some closet to collect 
dust.
[snip]

Add big software companies to that list, too.  When I was at Peachtree 
Software, and at Crosstalk Communications, we got loads of pre-production 
(and some production) hardware from various companies.  They almost never 
wanted it back.  I mean, what are they going to do with some non-production 
unit in a funky case with a dent in it? Hell, some of them went out of 
business before we could finish our compatibility testing, leaving us with 
stuff we didn't own, and therefore couldn't sell or even give away.

We had rooms full of the stuff, and neither company was very large.

-Shel