hardware recycling

[Christopher Browne]

On 9/13/06, paul sutton <zleap-Tp5KeRqLOeNeoWH0uzbU5w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I am sure there are lots of people out there who would apreciate the
> older hardware,

That doesn't contradict the notion that it is likely as economical for
the would-be recipients in Africa to *instead* import low end modern
hardware.

I'll bet that it takes $100 worth of North American labour to prepare
that Pentium II box to head to Africa.  And then it'll cost $50 to
ship it over.  I'd be unsurprised if it took another $50 to bribe
enough that there's a chance of it getting past the docks...

At that point, you have something a fraction as powerful as a $300 new
beige box.

"Bleeding heart donors" may feel good about having "done something,"
but it doesn't make it great economics.
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