My opinion on Ubuntu cancelling Intel 80386/80386-clone processor support

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sun, 11 Sep 2016 15:58:44 +0300, Thierry Andriamirado wrote:
>Le 10 septembre 2016 20:13:47 UTC+03:00, Ralf Mardorf
><ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net> a écrit :
>  
>>It's not the task of the poor to help the poor.    
>
>Of course IT IS! ;)
>I'm not so poor compared to many malagasy people, but being in a poor
>country, I should be one of the first to raise their hands to speak
>for these "poors" who still use old hardwares. With the help of those
>in rich countries. ;)  

You are quoting me out of context. The context is that the poor can't
donate new computers and they can't pay for infrastructure, such as
internet access for everyone. _BUT_ rich people could, they are just
not interested in doing it, they are greedy.

Without the context of a computer mailing list, sure, there are more
important issues. Not only computer usable for illiterates. Freedom,
access to clean water, clothes etc.. People should fight for their human
rights. However, in some countries they are even limited in fighting
for their rights, sometimes due to not having the money, nor the
education to do this. In my country poor people could sue
administrative bodies for free and even the poorest citizens at least
have the required minimum of education to do so. In some other
countries people have to struggle to survive. They have nothing that
allows them to fight for their rights.

I guess this is really off-topic.

Ubuntu is related to computers, so the context in regards to the Ubuntu
philosophy at least should be about the right way to provide world wide
computers and internet access. This already includes some real human
rights, such as the right to get a little bit of education, to at least
use a computer based on pictogram instead of written words. Btw. I
doubt that there are a lot of unused Braille devices available people
like to donate. Serious donations are not second hand things, the owner
don't want to use anymore. Sure, poor people only can donate those
things they don't need anymore, hence it's the task of the rich. Even
in my country the rich get richer in hundreds of percent within the
last decades, while the poor get poorer and poorer and even those who
have got jobs, get not that much percent more reward, to compensate
rising prices.

Btw. I'm from Germany one of the richest nations, but de facto even we
have got real poverty. I worked for children who have nothing to eat,
in Germany, we just have some super rich people, but the same kind of
poverty as some other countries else. This is due to the unwillingness
to really change something.

That's why I mentioned this:

Ralf:
>Oli:  
>> you know that our society isn't like what you dream of here    
>
>"I Have a Dream" - Martin Luther King
>
>We can't go on as we did for decades.  

We make progress regarding computers. The computer you buy today is
already old next week. We don't need this kind of progress. What we
need is social progress.

Regards,
Ralf