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 @tshirtman @mhoye @mcc We could be running free software as the default. If it's preinstalled, normal users barely bat an eye. Ask me how I know. Industry giants come in, offer "a good deal". Support agreements get drawn up, often with morsels of regulatory capture thrown in. In exchange, they get another generation trained on their systems. Community efforts pick up maintenance on many of these old devices. A pittance of federal budget would more than cover it. Instead, we do this. 2 comments
@wooliex @tshirtman @mcc You're right. I'm muddying the waters by bringing in-class usage into this. There are good discussions to be had there, but this is about e-Waste. Pictured is a big block of laptops that could be given a second life and be useful to a community. Instead, most are probably destined for landfills. That's all of our problem. Anyone nearby pays that bill. Shipping it overseas is just making it someone else's problem. The bottom line isn't the only line. |
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@dpflug @tshirtman @mhoye @mcc free software has substantial maintenance costs in the form of labor, just like any other software.