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Changing a School's Tech Disposal Policy?

Posted by timothy on from the good-luck-and-raid-the-dumpster dept.

An anonymous reader writes "I attend a state university where a new building has recently been put in, and a new budget put in place. They have decided to upgrade all the computer systems involved in the department, with a few slight exceptions. From my limited understanding, State policy is that we cannot just let things go, they have to be sent back to the state capital in order to take them off the books. Then they put them in the dumpster. I feel that this is a huge waste of useful machines (some are merely two years old), but I know not how to change this. Any suggestions, or does anyone know where Illinois dumps used tech?"

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  1. Do what everyone esle does. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Steal.

  2. Given that it's Illinois... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Given that it's Illinois, I have no doubt that they get sold off under the table and the proceeds go to some friend of Hizzoner Richard Daley.

  3. moD up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    the BSD license, dis-appearing up its hooby. It was all can no longer be

  4. Where's the incentive? by Erich · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Who cares about saving money in the government any more? You can just get some more bonds issued... more free money! It's even better if you're the Federal Government, the Federal Reserve will loan you all the money you want. You can loose (literally) tons of hundred dollar bills and not care! A few computers a couple of years old is chump change. Maybe you didn't get the memo.

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    -- Erich

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