nigel barker wrote:
my idea was that individuals like me with plenty of bandwidth and who can afford a few hundred yen to help someone out don't mind sending off a DVD or CD now and then. There must be thousands of others like me. We just end up throwing away our media anyway. I wouldn't mind supporting a school or organisation somewhere by regularly burning them any software I could download for them.
That's a really good idea, and very commendable. I had no desire to pooh-pooh any such activities - indeed, I have a small group of friends who keep me supplied with needful things on CD and DVD, including this year's hockey play-offs. 8^)
But ultimately, a more sustainable approach is to engage this problem on a programmatic level, and to work with NGOs and governments to address the fundamental issues of education and communications capacity.
Best, -- Dan McGarry [EMAIL PROTECTED] IT Consultant Community Communications Project -- edubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel
