On Monday, September 29, 2003, at 07:07 AM, Frederick Noronha (FN) wrote: > Dr Richard Heeks, an e-governance expert based at Britain's Manchester > University, says, "At present, IT is reinforcing more than attacking > inequality"
vs. > Bhoomi's pragmatic designer, revenue director and Karnataka's first > e-secretary Rajeev Chawla, > As to the illiteracy and gender issues, he says: "IT cannot be held > responsible for solving all of India's problems." I don't see any evidence in this article that the system is CREATING problems, and I do see evidence that it is REDUCING them. People with a beef often use a time of change to make sure their beef is heard, which is good, but they should not use that to undermine what is, in balance, a positive change. simon ------------ ***GKD is solely supported by EDC, a Non-Profit Organization*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd Archives of previous GKD messages can be found at: <http://www.edc.org/GLG/gkd/>
