On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 06:03:31 +0100, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>Greenpeace: Vista could trigger a deluge of electronic waste
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>| Beau Baconguis of the Southeast Asia section of the environmental
>| protection organization Greenpeace has warned that the introduction
>| by Microsoft of its new operating system Windows Vista might as a
>| side effect trigger a deluge of electronic waste (E-waste). "With
>| Vista, Microsoft could effectively hasten the obsolesence of half
>| the world's PCs, especially in the absence of fully-functioning
>| global take back systems for PCs," Ms. Baconguis declared.
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>http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/84816/from/rss09
I think they've got that backwards. Because of Linux, a lot of old
systems are being revived and saved from the landfill. I've got enough
parts to build about 10 PCs in the 700 MHZ to 1 Gig range and load
them with Linux. At one point in time I was thinking about recycling all
that junk but now I've seen the light and a bunch of needy people
will have perfectly usable computers. And its fun !
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