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NY Post: Free Hardware Falling on Hard Times

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 4, 1999

“The whole concept behind the free PC has been thrown into
question with… recent problems…”

“The most recent was Friday, when Earthlink, the respected
Internet service provider, announced it had terminated its contract
with Microworkz, the low-cost computer seller.”

“The free-PC industry was damaged earlier this summer, on July
15, when another company, Enchilada, suddenly stopped taking
orders. Angry customers who had signed up were left in limbo, their
checks unreturned.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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