On Sun, 23 Jul 2017 13:57:55 +0200, Adam wrote in message
<20170723115755.sl7bqpxy6yuqyfb7@???>:

> On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 01:37:04AM -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
> > On Sun, 23 Jul 2017 01:12:52 +0200
> > Dragan FOSS <dragan.foss@???> wrote:
> >
> > Average yearly income per-capita in Sub-Saharan Africa is $2,041.00
> > per year:
> >
> > If somebody in Africa manages to cannibalize a few Pentiums, mix and
> > match parts to produce a functional computer, and find a way to
> > afford the 300 watts it costs to run it for an hour or so a week,
> > such a person would be mighty thankful for a good 32 bit Linux.
>
> At this time, a semi-modern machine doesn't cost anything more, and
> has an edge of drastically lower power and support costs, in addition
> to being far more capable.
>
> Restoring old gear is an expensive hobby. Poor kids in Africa can't
> afford that. And since they need computers for utilitarian reasons,
> hobbies shouldn't be a priority.

..agreed, e.g. Raspberry Pi type hardware is far more useful, off grid
they'll need batteries and solar panels or wind mills for 24/7 power.

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..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
Scenarios always come in sets of three:
best case, worst case, and just in case.