Subj : Re: Trust? (was: How much should I charge for fixed-price software...)
To   : comp.programming,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.lisp
From : rambam
Date : Thu Aug 25 2005 01:45 pm

rem642b@Yahoo.Com (Robert Maas, see http://tinyurl.com/uh3t) writes:

> > From: "jonathon" <j_mckitr...@bigfoot.com>
> > If this guy doesn't have the resources and/or ingenuity to put
> > together or access a decent machine, who would trust him to write
> > their software??
> 
> Do you have any idea how stupid and arrogant that sounds?

Unfortunately, Jonathan is right.

> It's not possible to put together a machine without money to buy the
> components

Corporations and individuals throw away computers daily.
I personally have thrown away a dozen computers including
several SGI Indys (sob! I hated watching the garbage compactor crunch the 20 inch monitor
and the nifty blue cases) because they were too old to be worth keeping 
around and were not valuable enough to be worth the hassle of selling.
Like most people, I have also given away computers free.

If you were in Sydney, I would give you a AMD 1800+ system free.
(It is gathering dust on a shelf behind me )

Most computer hobbyists will have spare components and pcs.
Contact a local mac group or linux group or pc group and ask nicely if
they can put an item in their next newsletter about you needing
a free computer. I am sure that someone will provide one.

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