Re: [OS:N:] Why Free SW should remain as light as possible

Robert Citek <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.org.open-source-now
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Thursday, March 11, 2004, at 12:07  AM, Johnnie Peters wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-03-10 at 02:28, anthony baldwin wrote:
>> ...And, anyways, treating everything as dollar-store disposables
>> contributes to green house gases, over exploitation of resources and 
>> an
>> overabundance of trash.  Buying a new PC every year is just a poor
>> prospect, environmentally.  What happened to the days when things were
>> built to last?
>
> Pre Wallmart mentality.  You and I are just out of date.  My second
> Linux box is a 450 Mhz K6-2.  Not terribly old but not new either.

Things today are built to last.  Only the product lifetimes have gotten 
shorter.  And our lifetimes have gotten longer.

Regards,
- Robert


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