>Craig;
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>I wrote a software package for a music teacher who liked it very much. He suggested to the store manager of a very well known piano store on the West Coast, that he take a look at my program as other teachers in the store might be interested. In addition the store could use it to schedule teachers/students.
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>Armed with my trusty CD, I approached the happy store manager who directed me to the companies "IT" department. I then found the companies "state of the art" IBM XT, which blew that idea. These guys sell pianos worth $120,000 or more and use an XT?
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>Tom


Yikes! I know there are still lots of people out there who run their businesses on old PCs because it still works. In the mean time, their competition is using state of the art computers and taking business away from them. Once you've depreciated the thing, replace it!