[techtalk] re: Where's your favorite place to get software?

[Magni Onsoien]

Vinnie:
> I prefer the donation route because
> 
> a. no media = nothing to throw away :) (hey, reduce comes before recycle
> and reuse :) )

Yup, agree with you :) On the other hand, a CD can be a nice gift to a
local school, parents, sisters, friends or other that may need an OS on
a CD (i.e. don't have "real" network), and a set of printed
documentation can do it's job in a library, school or among the folks
taht get the CDs. But don't order a CD unless you need it or can make
proper use of it (the bunch of M$-CDs in Brazilian, Italian and whatever
languages they were made nice plates for bottles and cups, btw... That's
also kind of reuse ;))

> b. no money wastage in packaging/shipping/marketing/media 

Unfortunately some companies don't give money for charity (including
Freenix projects), while buying software and licenses is ok...


Magni :)
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