Anyone have an escrow agent

[David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

Date: 06 May 94 00:06:10 -0500
From: Dave.Leibold () f730 n250 z1 fidonet org (Dave Leibold)
Subject: Secret elevator codes baffle Metro Toronto government


An article in _The_Toronto_Star_ on 5 May 1994 described secret codes which
are necessary to maintain elevators at Metro Hall, the building which houses
Metro Toronto municipal council and services. The elevators, made and
maintained by Schindler Elevator Corp., require secret password codes in order
to maintain them. This means that only Schindler staff can maintain the Metro
Hall lifts, and as such forced Metro Council to award a 10 year contract of
$3.5 million to Schindler. Meanwhile, Metro is also suing the building's
developer, Marathon Realty, to try to get the codes. Without the passwords,
elevator maintenance contracts cannot be given to a competing firm.


Metro Councillor Howard Moscoe wanted the Council to issue a $10 000
reward to the first person to successfully crack Schindler's Code.
This motion probably didn't get approval.


David Leibold       Fidonet 1:250/730  dave.leibold () f730 n250 z1 fidonet org