[SPARCbook] Sparcbook experiences from new list member

[Michael]

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Hello,

On Feb 4, 2009, at 11:09 AM, Bill Bradford wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 12:51:32PM -0500, Michael wrote:
>> I'm sure it is, and I wouldn't expect the likes of Toshiba, Dell and
>> so on to still sell parts for 10 years old laptops. But almost a
>> grand
>> for an outdated disk in a simple plastic sled with a passive adaptor
>> board? That's beyond ridiculous.
>
> Had a similar discussion on (I think it was) the Rescue list.  Those
> prices
> aren't for the hobbyist market - they're for the government support
> contracts.
>
> Fortunately, a lot of vendors / resellers will have different prices
> for
> the "Hobbyist" customers and the "corporate replacement parts"
> customers.

Too bad Tadpole/RDI/General Dynamics doesn't. I made it absolutely
clear that I'm not some government agency that doesn't know where to
stuff its cash. Maybe I should wave the NetBSD flag a bit more, after
all they do use NetBSD internally.

have fun
Michael

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