IBM Corp has been making the lives of used computer dealers a misery for 20 years and more, but at least the equipment they hold has some residual value, and is quite tolerable to handle: Knight-Ridder Newspapers humourist Dave Barry (catch-phrase I am not making this up) investigated a story about a rotting pig carcass in an Oklahoma ditch and learned that there is an organisation in business in that part of the world to handle the distressing and distasteful business of taking the remains of large animals off your hands and disposing of them hygienically for you – it’s called Used Cow Dealer Inc…
