Re: Nonsense Re:.....

[Marco Fioretti <m fioretti inwind it>]

On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 15:26:49 at 03:26:49PM -0800, Taylor, ForrestX wrote:
> > 
> > an Indio in the middle of Amazonas will be grateful for a wood stove,
> > but will kick your axx if you give him a microwave oven...
> 
> Then why would that person want a computer?

Oh my, I wasn't expecting this... Ever heard of parables or
allegories? You know, those short, simple, picturesque, apparently
unrelated stories you tell to make your point across?

It was meant to remind that the new PC user of the third world will
have simple computer needs, hence you should give him just what would
be REALLY useful to him.

> If the needs are simple, then why not use an older version of Red Hat (e.g.
> Red Hat 6.2)?  If the needs are simple, I don't think that performance
> impovements would matter.  Security does matter, but how many worms are
> going around affecting Red Hat 5.2?

Actually, the opposite is true. With a slower processor, the software
must be optimized to the extreme. And even (especially!) that kind of user
would really benefit of journaling file systems (many blackouts in
those places..), iptables filtering,applications which are more
performing because compiled with the latest gcc, and many other modern
things.....

OK, I'll let you not compile SMP support in the kernel, but to me old
computers and their users seem to need a modern (cleaned up) Red Hat
more than 2 GHz Pentium IV owners: they are the ones that can afford old
software!

		Marco Fioretti 
 

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