New Museum - The ACP Collection

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Evan Koblentz" <evan at snarc.net>
To: "'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'" 
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Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 7:36 PM
Subject: RE: New Museum - The ACP Collection


> Ah, you're right.  Everyone was thinking in terms of his surname, but the
> nickname's relationship to his business m.o. makes more sense.
>
> I interviewed him a few times when he was at Divine but I don't recall
> having any opinion about the man.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chandra Bajpai [mailto:cbajpai at comcast.net]
> Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 7:53 PM
> To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'
> Subject: RE: New Museum - The ACP Collection
>
>
> "Flip" Filoposki got that nickname because buys companies and "flips" 
> them.
> I think he was the CEO of Platinum Software which he later sold and made a
> ton of money.  He was also at the helm of Devine Interventures (the dotcom
> co) which was one the big disasters of that era.
>
> He can't be all that bad if he is a vintage computer guy.
>
> -Chandra
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org]
> On Behalf Of Evan Koblentz
> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 12:53 PM
> To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'
> Subject: RE: New Museum - The ACP Collection
>
> Correct.  I don't have the details (yet --- I will soon), but the buyer of
> Dave's stuff is Andrew Filoposki.   He's a widely known dot-com 
> zillionaire
> and he's just called "Flip" by everyone in IT circles.  I have no idea how
> he got that nickname, but seriously, everyone calls the man Flip.  He's 
> been
> involved in many companies and his current venture and bio is here:
> http://www.silkroadtech.com/company/leadership/index.htm#flip
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marvin Johnston [mailto:marvin at rain.org]
> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 12:30 PM
> To: ClassicCmp
> Subject: New Museum - The ACP Collection
>
>
> I was searching around and came across the place where the ACP computer
> collection ended up. The URL is:
>
> http://www.thepcmuseum.net/
>
>
>
What is this Dave's stuff that he purchased?  Was there a for sale posting 
here or was it on ebay?