Message-ID: <m0uHYG4-0004hsC@lisse.na> Date: Thu, 9 May 1996 17:08:00 +0100 From: Dr Eberhard W Lisse <mailto:el@LISSE.NA> Subject: Re: Computers to Africa To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
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> This same subject was brought up months ago, when some wanna-be
> development expert believed that we should send old TRS-80 machines
> to Africa. I said it before, and I will say it again........"When
> will we stop treating Africa like some backward colonial state full
> of unintelligent people?" When will we be smart enough to break the
> cycle of dependancy we create by sending trash overseas?
Indeed.
I was spearheading the opposition against this junk and I am getting sick and tired of hearing some bleeding heart liberal announcing another good deed.
And, please don't see this as an insult against any person having posted on this thread, this is a general observation. We have to live with this junk here and I do know from personal (professional as much as my other interests) experience what I am talking about. I can give you lots of examples.
What is so wrong with sending 386s or 68020s (or even 68000)? They are almost as outdated but they can do whatever you want them to do.
el
ps: I feel much better now :-)-O
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