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On Tuesday 24 September 2002 10:18, you wrote:
> This seems to me like it would be a problem. I'm guessing it would be
> easier to buy a $25 computer in your own country rather than spending
> $100 to send a $25 computer. I'm thinking that it may be more beneficial
> to provide some sort of training on for to install and use Linux, to
> people in other countries, so that they can pick up a cheap computer,
> and use a free OS on (it would be a hell of allot cheaper to send a
> Mandrake CD then to send a whole computer system).
well, in many of those countries finding hardware can be the issue. in north
america we have companies with closets full of "outdated" hardware... many of
us have several ancient machines just sitting around like paper weights ;-)
such a bounty of old and unused hardware simply doesn't exist in many
developing nations. what hardware is there is usually in use, and finding
sources of new hardware difficult.
due to the dearth of hardware available, it also makes for fewer local people
with the skills necessary to do what these folks are doing (building systems,
installing and setting up an OS, etc..)
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Aaron J. Seigo
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"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler"
- Albert Einstein
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