Re: Nonsense Re:.....

[Marco Fioretti <m fioretti inwind it>]

On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 16:58:20 at 04:58:20PM -0800, Taylor, ForrestX wrote:
> 
> Yes, we can do a lot to help others who really want to learn how to use
> computers--in our own neighborhoods, as well as third-world countries.
> However, I think that Red Hat is trying to run a profitible business, and we
> all benefit when they are.  I think that Trond was trying to say that it
> doesn't make _financial_ sense for Red Hat to concentrate their
> money/developers/etc. on a low-end (=low memory) install, because they won't
> reap the benefits.  How many of those people using RH on low-memory systems
> will actually buy a Red Hat distribution?  If you get things going, I will
> volunteer my time/resources.
> 
> Forrest
> 

You're absolutely right about Red Hat position and the money they'd
(not) make by the average third world villager. Third world goverments
and businesses are another matter however, and certainly would prefer
to spend their relatively little money on SW running on junk PCs.

However, what bothers me even much than what we've been discussing
today is to see free 
software independent programmers think in that way. A corporation must
go where the money is, but a volunteer all happy to see Megabytes and
CPU cycles going down the drain "bcuz lotta icons is k00l" makes me
sad.

Ah, well...

I'd really like to start working on such a low needs distro. We'll
see.

		Thanks for the discussion,

			Marco Fioretti

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