[mercury-users] Bargain!

[Tyson Dowd]

<friday>

We are of course still holding on to the original can of fanta and
coffee cup that Zoltan and Fergus used when they devised the execution
algorithm for Mercury.  

Although there are some tempting offers on the table (consider the
recycling value of the aluminium, for instance), I don't think it's a
good idea to sell them.

We don't believe in selling out to the highest bidder, historical
artefacts like this should be preserved for the greater good of
humanity.

</friday>

On 01-Aug-2001, Ralph Becket <rbeck at microsoft.com> wrote:
> If you want a piece of computing history, now's your time to
> put in a bid:
> 
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1260882480
> 
> It's even made it into the news:
> 
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/20769.html
> 
> *sniff* we shall miss it.
> 
> - Ralph
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