On Thu, 2016-09-08 at 18:10 +0300, Thierry Andriamirado wrote: > > Le 8 septembre 2016 01:35:05 UTC+03:00, John Moser <john.r.moser@gmai > l.com> a écrit : > > > > > > > > > > There are countless very old computers running Ubuntu, in > > > Developing > > > Countries. > > > > > It's not my fault nobody counted. > It's nobody's fault: many of those Ubuntu boxes are used in villages > in the bush, and are not even connected to the Internet. Updated from > time to time via CD-Rom.. >
Sorry, my socialization is kind of poor, and I never know what's going to come across. I was implying that the ideal that there are some unknown "Many" and that such things serve some dire purpose is imaginative because there aren't even estimates on program size, much less impact. Essentially, you were begging the question, and I called you on it. So what we have here is an imaginary program with an imaginary impact that is more-likely to exist the closer we get to 0 (that is: it's almost-certain someone in some bush country has 1 or more such machines; it becomes less-certain the larger we scale). Directly, the probability of size can't be known (i.e. estimates are impossible); indirectly, because the probability of size can't be known, there is a larger probability of any such thing being smaller and less-effective --two independent traits stemming from the common cause of not having a well-defined and well-operating program. It would be safe to assume OLPC is much larger in scope of impact because OLPC has a structured program working to maximize effectiveness and distribution, whereas the supposed Ubuntu systems are theoretically out there somewhere for some reason as consequence of some effort by someone. I remain unconvinced of imaginary things--including the imaginary mountain where one might expect to find at least a molehill. When you get a picture of Bigfoot, let me know. That explanation should be crass enough to sink in. > -- > Envoyé de mon téléphone Android avec K-9 Mail. Excusez la brièveté. > -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
