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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Posted by michael on from the rendering-aid-to-the-needy dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes "Out in Oakland, CA a group is taking donated PC's and breathing new life into them with Linux. They turn around and donate the computers to schools, build POVRAY render farms (with MOSIX) and generally promote Linux."

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  1. Re:But... by Kierthos · · Score: 5, Insightful

    In a word, bullshit.

    If I take a computer I own, format the hard drive with an electromagnet, and donate it to a public school with a free copy of a Linux distro, what the screaming Hell(tm) does it matter that it once had Windows on it?

    1) I am not giving them Windows. I am giving them the hardware.
    2) I am not encouraging them to steal a copy of Windows in any way, shape or form.
    3) Microsoft does not own the computer. They never did. It was my computer, therefore it's entirely my choice what to do with it.

    Kierthos

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