Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: A better idea for a download package.

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> From: Robert Derman <robert.derman@pressenter.com>
> I  remember that optical disks started to replace floppies in about 1995 
> because  Win-95 came either way.  Win-98 was CD only.  I will admit that DVD  
> burners didn't become affordable until about 2005, but most of what I built in  
> 2000 through 2004 had either a CD burner and a DVD read only, or from 2003 on  
> combo drives, CD burn, DVD read only.  But my point here is that 2004 and  older 
> machines are horribly obsolete today, and the vast majority of them have  been 
> scrapped!  Also most of these old clunkers are only found in the more  
> technologically advanced countries, because the 3rd world countries didn't start  
> to get computers in any significant numbers until after the time of the old  
> floppy based machines. 


FYI - there are a lot of organizations that take any computer they can - 
regardless of age - and refurb it and ship it to 3rd world countries so that 
some people can simply _have_ a computer. Doesn't matter that it's 10 or 15 
years old - as long as it runs and runs well. They'll find a configuration that 
will run on it.

Granted, most of such computer do meet the trash can; but they are out there and 
should not be discounted.

$0.02

Ben


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