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mr.Curmudgeon

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I just threw away ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS!!!
« on: January 28, 2005, 12:04:52 pm »
I just had the priviledge of throwing away one of my companies largest hardware projects. The development of this product cost over a $100 million dollars in overhead and years of engineering time. I heard some engineers wept when the project was scrapped.

 




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Re: I just threw away ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS!!!
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2005, 12:08:35 pm »
$100,000,000...


There had to be some stuff that would make a great something in the home. Let us know what you build with it. ;)


« Last Edit: January 28, 2005, 03:34:27 pm by versapak »
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Re: I just threw away ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS!!!
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2005, 12:38:32 pm »
$100M?  That's like, 2.5 Inaugurations.
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Re: I just threw away ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS!!!
« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2005, 12:40:00 pm »
What was it?
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Re: I just threw away ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS!!!
« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2005, 12:42:20 pm »
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Re: I just threw away ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS!!!
« Reply #5 on: January 28, 2005, 12:46:04 pm »
i want to ride a flying ostrich
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Re: I just threw away ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS!!!
« Reply #6 on: January 28, 2005, 12:48:32 pm »
Quote from: fredster on January 28, 2005, 12:42:20 pm
joust 4

 :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Quote from: GGKoul on January 28, 2005, 12:40:00 pm
What was it?

Networking equipment...core routers, etc. One big project that made it 99.999% of the through production and never made it out of beta. Not that it was bad, but a merger made the equipment obsolete.

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Re: I just threw away ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS!!!
« Reply #7 on: January 28, 2005, 01:07:53 pm »
Destroyed for tax write-off?
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Re: I just threw away ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS!!!
« Reply #8 on: January 28, 2005, 01:14:48 pm »
Quote from: RayB on January 28, 2005, 01:07:53 pm
Destroyed for tax write-off?


Yup. Pennies on the dollar.
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Re: I just threw away ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS!!!
« Reply #9 on: January 28, 2005, 05:58:15 pm »

ya it kills me when i see something like this , and I've seen it more than a few times at different places I've worked at , company scraps a project , then they toss out the eqpt. they bought , damn good stuff , stuff i would kill to get , but it ends up going to a certified "destroyer" that will insure that the equipment is properly disposed of ... *sigh* what a waste.
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Re: I just threw away ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS!!!
« Reply #10 on: January 29, 2005, 09:16:07 am »
Quote from: Sephroth57 on January 28, 2005, 12:46:04 pm
i want to ride a flying ostrich

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