On 05/23/2010 05:28 PM, Francois Caen wrote: > Thank you all for your suggestions. > > In the end, I went with http://www.computers.interconnection.org > > They're semi-local for me (N Seattle), seem well established, have a > real facility open 6 days a week, took everything I had with no > questions and gave me a tax receipt. > > Thanks go to Bill Wright for pointing me to them. > So for computers that get *refurbished*, Interconnection installs a Microsoft operating system on them. In effect you are promoting Microsoft, not Linux when donating (reusable) computers to them.
This is a major reason why we are starting a Free Geek here in Seattle, to provide a similar function (recycle/reuse) but also promote Linux and open-source. Free Geek has locations in Portland, Vancouver B.C. and other cities across the U.S. I'm not trying to ruffle feathers here, but knowledge is power. -- I hate racists. Mark D. Foster <[email protected]> http://mark.foster.cc/ | http://www.freegeekseattle.org/
