Haitian Relief Auctions are Live
Okay – the Haitian Auctions are live! Three pages of historical goodness and fun, all for a good cause – with more to come, I believe.
Note, that even though the auctions state:
“90% of the final sale price will support Clinton Bush Haiti Fund (Small deduction may apply. Learn more)”
all the proceeds for the auctions go to Haitian Relief. We had to “hold off” 10% to cover PayPal expenses, handling costs, etc.
There are some pretty cool things in the auction. Let me highlight a few of them:
- Haiti Relief: Borland T-Shirt Signed by the Delphi Team – I won this T-Shirt at the Borcon where Delphi 8 was released. It is signed by the Delphi team at the time. I won the shirt by answering – at the Meet the Team event — the question “What day was Delphi 1 released?” (February 14, 1995 for you trivia buffs). I remember that Dr. Bob really wanted the shirt, so I expect a big bid out of him. ;-) Note that the shirt has never been worn, and I’m happy to donate it to the cause.
- A shrink wrapped copy of Turbo Pascal 3.0 – Nice! This was a classic version – the last one to produce COM files.
- Haiti Relief: Borland Suede Varsity Jacket – I won one of these at the second to last Borcon in the Borland Bucks Lottery at the very end. I saw them and really wanted one, and was excited to have a chance to win. And this is a true story: I was sitting in the middle of everyone at the final keynote, and they started drawing names for the jackets. First, the guy directly in front of me wins. Then, next, my friend Bryan Bushay who was sitting right next to me won. And I’m like “Hey, I’m going to win one for sure”, and next up? Me! What are the odds? And just so you know, this is a really nice, high quality jacket. I wear mine all the time.
- And finally, I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the first ship copy of my favorite discontinued Borland product of all time: Intrabuilder. Sigh. That product was ten years ahead of its time.
Anyway, thanks for your consideration. I encourage you to bid generously– we’ll ship this stuff almost anywhere in the world – and it is all for a good cause. And if you have any items yourself you’d like to donate, let us know – we’ll make it work somehow.
What exactly was IntraBuilder good for?
February 1st, 2010 at 9:52 amIntrabuilder was basically ASP.NET in about 1998. It was a RAD web solution that used Javascript and HTML to connect to the BDE. Very cool and very misunderstood. It was Windows only at a time when 95% of the web was Unix/Linux based.
February 1st, 2010 at 12:16 pmHi Nick,
I would also like to donate my Borland Letterman Jacket and Suede Varsity Jacket. They are brand new with the ticket still on them since 2002. I would have never let them go as they represent the best times of my life and working with the best engineers in the world, but this is a great cause and I would love to be part of it. Let me know
God bless
February 2nd, 2010 at 11:57 amLino