I have some early versions of a dice rolling game I made in the late 80's. Never been seen before.

The game crashes in certain circumstances, but it isn't documented exactly why.

The bidding starts at $1000.

I work in an environment where re-imaging and deleting is not an option. Often my work actually images an employees computer for backup purposes when they leave the company, in case any work specific files are left lying around.

I think the question here is, how can you nuke as much "private" stuff as possible, keeping the OS and possibly work files intact.

-Benjamin J. Judson
(I don't have a witty sig)

I'm getting a story not found at the link. Anyone got another link?

Yep. Basically, they're buying exclusivity.

Twitter recently bought Atebits, which produced the Tweetie 2 twitter client for the iPhone. Previously, Tweetie 2 was a $2.99 app. Upon acquisition, Twitter released an updated version, renamed it simply "Twitter", and gave it away for free.

You should see some of the negatives reviews that were left. Much wailing and gnashing of teeth, some of it angry that they paid for something that became free (ignoring the value they received in the meantime), but a lot of it sounding like, "I paid for this app because not everyone had it, now anyone can get it? Lame." (That's almost a direct quote from one of the complaints.)

Exclusivity is a tangible item to some people; it's what makes collectors spend ridiculous amounts to find that last item for their collection, or buy $24k Rolex watches. I might personally think it's ludicrous, but there you go.