phoebe ayers wrote:
Ah! You remind me of the infamous Web 1.0 business
plan contest at
Wikimania 2006 -- possibly the best part of the conference.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2006-07-24/Wikima…
I want my Aeron chair, darn it! Forget one laptop per child; where's
one aeron for every volunteer?
Heh.
During the dark days of Bust 1.0 I was headed back to a client's after
lunch, and a guy was loading up a semi with used Aerons from a
neighboring building. I shot the breeze with him a bit, and then he
suddenly burst out with, "Hey ya wanna buy a couple a chairs?"
Nonplussed, I said, "Uh, how much?" He replied, "I dunno. Twenty bucks
each?" I said, "For how many?" He waved into the truck and said, "As
many as you want." After a brief struggle with my conscience, I thanked
him for his offer and went back to work.
Had I been a little less scrupulous, I could have indeed ended up with
pretty much one per volunteer. If only I had known!
William