On 02/24/05 00:38 ET, 2nd rick said...
I do believe that someday soon on-call emergency
techs, like the "Geek Squad" model, will be the
as common in the the US as the ubiquitous Roto
Rooter vans and locksmith trucks.
I imagine 24 hr. dispatched on-site tech service
with dozens of little VW Beetles in every city
full of propellerhead kids fixing hardware and
software issues to make out homes work again.
An electrician friend of mine wacked some lady's PC power supply (wasn't his fault) right when she needed to get some work done in her home office. It was some proprietary power supply in a Gateway or something. If I had shown up and repaired/replaced that power supply. I could have invoiced for $400. Maybe I should get an old ambulance and go Ghostbuster style.
-Bill
