The Last Typewriter Repairman?

[robg]

http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/sep2008/sb20080925_900705.htm?campaign_id=rss_daily

[Hoff]

Gramercy Typewritter seems a hardware-based variant of the Open Source Contractor that was discussed back at:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=319780

Both are getting paid for their specialized and rare skills.

[davi]

This, from the repairman:

"Maybe people will get so disgusted with the breakdowns and failures they'll go back to IBM typewriters."

[danielrhodes]

It's kind of a good lesson: don't base yourself to heavily around something that could easily go out of fashion/get replaced by something better.

[eru → danielrhodes]

Why not? Only because those typewriter repair guys went out of their original business does not say they are worse off today.