hardware recycling

[Mel Wilson]

David J Patrick wrote:
> I don't believe that this scholl in Nigeria would see a fleet of PIIs
> and a P4 host, all configured with the latest and greates linux, would
> be seen as "dumping". A single PII laptop would have revolutionized
> the entire operation, and here in toronto, you could pick one up at a
> garage sale for $30.
> I, for one, do not think that efforts to revitilize and deploy our
> "junk" computers, in less fortunate parts of the world, would be taken
> as an insult.

Google "computer training africa" pops up

http://www.computers4africa.org/seeds.htm
and
http://www.computers4africa.org/faq.htm
among others.

Seems to be a lot of action in Uganda.
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