+ We are saddened by the state of the world, and role that IT - which, + for many of us, is our working field - is taking in it. We see the + current uses of these technologies as major social, political, + economical and ecological offender. They, however, are not going away + anytime soon, and are nonetheless formidable tools for human + communication. +
++ This lets us not choice but to fight to bring them closer to our vision + of what, how and why they should be. +
+
+ There is no such thing as 'green' or 'sustainable' IT.
+
+ It will always require high-tech globalised insdustries, as well as
+ rare and hard to get resources. A maddening amount of those are throwed
+ away: we get (most of) our hardware from the second-hand market... and
+ landfills. We try to be the lesser evil but are not and will never be
+ 'green'.
+
+ IT and 'high tech' in general is not necessarly the right solution to a
+ problem.
+
+ They are no different from any other *tool*. You can't work around a
+ ill-defined problem by aimlessly throwing resources and 'solutions'
+ at it.
+
+ For the better or worse, we already live in a world controlled by
+ technology.
+
+ We can't let an anyone size its control: we work in the open, with open
+ tools, gladly welcome anyone who want to join and don't lock them in.
+
+ We fight against the use of technology as a mean of control an
+ manipulation.
+
+ We fight against centralization, both from technical and governance
+ reasons. We are not one, but a federation of small hosting providers
+ with similar ideology.
+
+ We hope to build a federation of small independent hosting + providers. We would be glad to hear from you if you're interested! +
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