Re: Throw away PC's

Greg Madden wrote:
> A news story that is circulating around, originally from the NY Times?.
> Adware/virus impaired boxes are being thrown away, supossedly it is
> cheaper now, toss and buy another one, the disposable computer.
>
> Seems like another opportunity for Linux. One of the commercial Linux
> distro's needs to step up the Linux marketing campaign, or at least get
> one. I don't see Linux commercials, no billboards, or other adds.
> Windows affects/infects our internet, now it aims to plug up the
> landfills too.
>
After spending close to 5 hrs cleaning the garbage off my sister box the
other day, I can see why people are dumping their boxes. Hers wasn't bad
enough yet where she had complained about it.
5 hrs at what, $85/hr? $425. If it been let go to the point where she
was complaining, who knows how long it would have taken? A new box is
cheaper for most people.

Almost seems like someone ought to start suing box makers and Microsoft
for putting stuff out on the market that is this susceptible to this.

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