On Friday, June 02, 2023 11:34:58 AM Mario Marietto wrote: > Excuse me,but there is something within your argumentation that I don't > like and I want to express what it is. Let's take Linux as an example of > what I want to say. Linux is well known to be an OS that can be installed > on the old machines,helping the people that can't buy a new computer to > surf the net and to do the basic things that they couldn't do using a more > complete and modern PC built with new hardware components. And this is a > linux quality that everyone loves and one of the reasons why Linux is > growing faster on the market. I think that everyone likes this,right ? > So,why the same logic can't be applied to those software tools that go in > the same direction,to those tools that help the users to have those > functions that those old computers cannot give to them anymore ? Here it > seems there is a contradiction. You may argue that developing for a small > number of old computers isn't worth trying. But,first of all,I think that > there are a LOT of old PCs in the world,since poor people aren't only a > niche. We could discuss,anyway, how to reach the right amount of money to > pay the developers. I'm thinking of opening a crowdfunding campaign for > example. Or any other method to have the money that I can't imagine now. To > do a project like this is socially accepted and helps to work on the > perception of the users that computer science is something that they can > use to develop their life in a good way. Maybe by helping one of those poor > children,we are contributing to educate someone that in the future will > make great things for humanity. I think that using the old relation that > there is between costs and benefits is not applicable in every kind of > situation. There are already a lot of people who work on projects that they > like,but that they have a low social impact. Why not to work on a project > that aims to extend the functions of an old PC. And what's better than > using two operating systems on a single old pc? My old pc has 2 measly > cpu's, I used one for the host and the other for linux emulated with bhyve > and the performance was decent. Is there something that's more useful and > generous than this kind of project ?
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