This may seem off-topic for this list, but I see this sort of thing as bearing on the reasons for the divide, and the mechanics (sometimes flawed) of improving the situation.
Thomas A Webb http://www.ospueblo.com - Open Source and Educational Resources http://wordwonder.com - For Readers and Thinkers
Phil Shapiro wrote:
thomas, i'm pretty sure your situation is covered by executive order 12999, issued by president clinton, which permits and encourages the donation of surplus federal computers to schools as well as nonprofit educational organizations.
http://www.computers.fed.gov/Public/12999.asp
here in the washington dc area, federal agencies have been good about distributing surplus computers to educational nonprofits in accordance with this executive order.
see http://innercity.org/success/donation.html
i'm hoping the good people from other countries on this email list might use this info to convince their governments that surplus computers belong back in communities, not in warehouses or landfills.
i'm pretty sure there are still several hundred thousand surplus government computers sitting in warehouses around the washington dc area. some journalist needs to write a story about the successes -- and non-successes of executive order 12999. i'd be only too happy to share what i know about both the successes and non-successes.
- phil shapiro arlington, virginia
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