>From: "Mike A. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>A lot of Linux use is recycled equipment or third world> There ESDI disks and
>>>other old old hardware is free.
>>
>>Oops this should rather read: the new disk did cost about the money
>>I had to pay for the electricity the 4 ESDI disks did use more than
>>the new disk.
>>
>>It makes no sense to use this sort of old HW.
>Yes, for me, and for you that is correct. Other poorer countries
>in the world do not have such luxuries. Should we alienate third
>world countries from using Linux because they can't afford a hard
>disk or CDROM that is less than 2 years old? There is no
>good technical reason to stop supporting old hardware. Separate
>the drivers if need be, but don't get rid of support for old
>stuff "just because".
So you are arguing with Mr. Bush: We are not interested in reducing CO2
In a poor country, there should be even a higher demand to reduce costs.
If the price you have to pay for one single year for electricity to run
some disks (**) is more than the price you have to pay for a new disk,
then it's time to buy new equipment. After one year it reduces your
costs.
(**) reduced by the price for the electricity to run the new disk.J�rg
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