[rescue] Compaq Proliant 8000

[Kurt Huhn]

On Apr 28, 2004, at 2:45 PM, Peter L. Wargo wrote:

> On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, Kurt Huhn wrote:
>
>> True dat.  I mean, I run x86 boxen as needs arise, but I wouldn't
>> exactly call it a rescue if I got a hold of one.  It's nice that a
>> relatively beefy x86 system was gotten for cheap, but really now....
>
> I gotta agree, I just can't think of 99.99% of PeeCee hardware as
> "rescued".  Not tht I'm trying to be snobbish, but in my mind it's the
> same as referring to a Ford Escort as a "collectable" car.  There were 
> a
> few rare ones, but overall it's pedestrian.  (Not that Escorts are bad,
> I still think the '93 wagon I had was a damn good car, but I don't lust
> for another...)
>

*scream*

Ford Escort...

*curls up into fetal position and whimpers*

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