<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Luke -Jr <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:luke@dashjr.org">luke@dashjr.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">On Thursday 31 July 2008, Christofer C. Bell wrote:<br>
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 2:35 AM, Jon Pruente <<a href="mailto:jdpruente@gmail.com">jdpruente@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > Wait, what? I'm pretty sure it started with Leo mentioning a desire<br>
> > to give an HP printer away to one, but could not find drivers to use<br>
> > on their old P2 running Win98...<br>
><br>
> The original post from Oren Beck:<br>
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</div>On Saturday 26 July 2008, Leo Mauler wrote:<br>
> I was going to donate a HP printer to the arts center I'm volunteering for,<br>
> but the computer they have right now is a PII-233Mhz machine running<br>
> Windows98. This turns out to be a sticking point which prevents the<br>
> printer from being useful to them, as I don't have the original Windows<br>
> driver CD.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>So when you said,</div><div><br></div><div>"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; ">Isn't that the original post of this thread? ;)"</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">You didn't actually mean the original post of the thread, you meant the post somewhere in the middle of the thread as I pointed out here:</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">"No, actually, the original post was Oren comparing the discontinuance of vendor support for decade old software with Digital Rights Management. The charity came in as a hypothetical somewhere... back there... *points up at the thread*"</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Is that right? </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br>
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">At least we now have it confirmed that the poor besotted charity in question really is suffering from this DRM-like lockdown on 10 year old technology. Oh, the evils of corporatism.</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">While I appreciate that they're wanting to, I can only assume, save money by not purchasing something made in the 21st century, this smells like mismanagement to me. If the technology choices they make prevent them from doing their job, then they're not a charity I would want distributing my money. </span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Perhaps you'd be willing to invest some of your time, charitably, of course, in setting them up with a Linux system (or even a new Windows system) that can help them effectively manage incoming contributions and distribute them to those in need.</span></div>
<div> </div></div>-- <br>Chris<br><br><br><br>
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