And that's precisely what they've begun to discover in the US, where there are millions of computers in schools and community centers that are never used. Funny thing. It's a system not a toy.
Joe Beckmann -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Subbiah Arunachalam Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 4:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; The Digital Divide Network discussion group Subject: Re: [DDN] Update on the Simputer Steve Eskow suggests that governments buy very large numbers of computers (simputers, Mobilis or the Negroponte equivalent) and give them away to telecentres nation wide. But a telecentre is not just the computing equipment. It is much more, very much more. It involves a great deal of content development, skill building, and becoming the cetre of all activities of the village/locality/ region. And a lot of partnership building and networking. The governments will soon find that paying the dollars for buying these gadgets is the easiest part, and running a suuccessful telecentre is a far more difficult job. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dr. Steve Eskow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Digital Divide Network discussion group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 12:08 AM Subject: RE: [DDN] Update on the Simputer > > > Mr. John Hibbs writes: > > <<At 10:02 AM -0700 5/29/05, Dr. Steve Eskow wrote: >>If the Simputer is a superior product, and mass producing it will >>dramatically lower its price, the Simputer firm might emulate Negroponte > and >>insist on mass orders.>> > > "Insist"? How?>> > > As I understand the Negroponte idea, by taking no orders for less than a > million of the $100 computer. > > A government, then, might spend $100,000,000 to purchase a million > computers, and then establish a nation-wide system of community > telecenters, > furnishing each telecenter with one or more computers at its cost, or > subsidized in whole or in part. > > Steve Eskow > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
