[GTALUG] Ontario Bill 72: "Right to Repair"

[Peter King]

On Thu, Mar 07, 2019 at 08:50:35AM -0500, Stewart C. Russell via talk wrote:
> 
> Right to Repair is important. I'm slightly disappointed by the general
> reaction on this list. We'll spent lifetimes fiddling with software
> configs to keep it running against all odds, but hardware gets short
> shrift. I know that processing power and storage improvements have made
> it poor business practice to get sentimental about keeping older
> computers running, but some curiosity over how repair and replace is a
> good thing. We can't live on a growing mountain of e-waste, after all.

I'm with you.  The slogan was, after all, Reduce - Reuse - Recycle; and
the middle member, RE-USE, is only possible with the ability to repair in
the owner's hands.

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