Re: [OS:N:] Why Free SW should remain as light as possible
Robert Citek <[email protected]>
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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 You and I are just out of date.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 _______________________________________________ Subscription and Archive: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/open-source-now-list/ - For K12OS technical help join K12OSN: <https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn>