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Interesting tangent (I worked at an IBM partner and my brother in law was a VP at egghead at the time):

Egghead used large as400's as their backend systems and purchased a new one for about $500,000. The people installing it at their HQ had to go up a flight of stairs but something happened and it fell down the stairs.

The insurance company paid for a replacement and the IBM sales rep got commission on 2 sales.



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