old but new stuff

[Ian Stephen]

On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:23:50 -0700
Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman at gmail.com> wrote:

> Au contraire.  I volunteer in a local charity that takes in donated
> 'puter stuff and harvests some for metals, and refurbs some for
> local families with children who might otherwise be 'puterless.  We
> install XP, 500MB Ram, at least 30GB drive, modem, NIC, video,
> monitor, keyboard and mouse.  I don't think we put out CRTs any more,
> but we did within the last 12 months.

How are XP licences dealt with?
Does that not add a cost that could be avoided by installing Linux?
Do you put an antivirus?

Not that long ago I took several hundred pounds of old computer stuff
to a recycling facility and as I write I'm looking around the room at 5
unused computers.  I don't even remember where they all came from!
Will have to look for a similar charity in my neighbourhood.

Cheers,
Ian