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No it don't
"Using linux for the opportunites below the market simply taints linux with an image of cheap and throwaway, The affluent consumer is quick to disassociate from these images."

There is no tainting at all. Charity is charity. A "free" product given to someone who has a need for the item is simply just that. No one knows what OS is going into the refurb except those doing the deed and those receiving the box or until someone reports it. In the long run there is no association with cheap as you have us to believe.

Mac and Microsoft give away mass quantities of machines to schools and charities and no one has stuck a "cheap" label on them. Your premise does not hold water.
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What A Wonderful Idea  itanalyst | 02/04/05
I hear you  Linux User 147560 | 02/04/05
Proof Is In The Pudding  itanalyst | 02/04/05
You two guys are ...  Judas I. | 02/04/05
Thank you.  Linux User 147560 | 02/04/05
i don't do the same, but i do  Monkey_MCSE | 02/04/05
I have also been doing this for years.  Hugh Jass | 02/05/05
Unfortunately, Microsoft doesn't have charity licenses for Windows XP  Squawkbox | 02/04/05
Good on ya though for what you do (NT)  Squawkbox | 02/04/05
A fair go  amicus_curious | 02/04/05
HAHA  Been_Done_Before | 02/04/05
No it don't  Squawkbox | 02/04/05
We'll in those regards, I guess  FilledOut | 02/04/05
Oh now that is an intelligent reply  Squawkbox | 02/04/05
No  FilledOut | 02/04/05
Have a good weekend we earned it.  Squawkbox | 02/04/05
This is a real testament to the total waste  bjbrock | 02/04/05
What?  rcark01 | 02/04/05
Yo BJ you not take your meds today ?  Squawkbox | 02/04/05
Enough left over to give to the poor is waste??  Hugh Jass | 02/05/05
Do ALL unwanted PCs get re-homed then?  Zogg | 02/07/05
Sorry, Sqwakbox! My post up there ^ is to bjbrock!!  Hugh Jass | 02/05/05
No problem  Squawkbox | 02/05/05
So hire me already  johns_z | 02/05/05

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