Re: [GKD] Local Languages, ICT, and Indigenous Knowledge

2005-06-29 Thread Donald Z. Osborn
Thanks, Edward. I think we are in agreement in the points you make, and I appreciate the examples. Just for clarification, the line you respond to was written by Guido Sohne. He also made the interesting attempt to gauge potential interest in ICT localization by the existence or not of newspapers

Re: [GKD] Local Languages, ICT, and Indigenous Knowledge

2005-06-24 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Friday, 10 June 2005, Donald Z. Osborn wrote: There is not a huge demand for local language applications right now. The claim that there is no demand for a product is quite often wrong, especially when based on supposition rather than investigation. Every publisher that looked at The

[GKD] Local Languages, ICT, and Indigenous Knowledge

2005-06-11 Thread Donald Z. Osborn
Hello Guido, et al, Here are a few quick comments (belatedly) to this earlier posting in the still-running (!) $100 computer/laptop thread. I regret that it is late and also just before GKD began the DOTCOM discussion, so it didn't permit immediate follow up. First, responding to Don's and