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Here's the original blog post with terrible cowboy metaphors: http://blog.uptimeinstitute.com/2012/03/uptime-institute-pays-bounty-on-dead-servers/ http://blog.uptimeinstitute.com/2012/03/uptime-institute-pay... "AOL sent 9,484 head to the stockyards, representing a 26% turnover in server assets across the company. The roundup resulted in a total savings of $5.05 million from reduced utility costs, maintenance, and licensing costs, and includes cash in hand of $1.2 million from asset sales and reclamation. Environmental benefits were seen in the reduction of almost 20 tons of carbon emissions."