Wolfgang Bornath a écrit :
2010/11/6 Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI<[email protected]>:
I understand bending backward to help those people in backward countries who
cannot download, but should we be bothered with those, in the first world, who
are too stingy to get a proper Internet connection ?
What is such a question supposed to be?
I do not see any difference between backward or forward countries, I
only see users with large bandwidth and such with small bandwidth. You
may never heard about it but there are large regions in the so-called
"First World" which are not yet connected to the internet in a proper
way (I know regions in Germany where you are lucky to have a dial-up
connection). As I learned there are also regions in the US which are
as far industrialized as your favourite "backward country".
Then there is the cost of fast connections - not everybody has the
money to pay for 6MBit lines in countries where such connections are
expensive. And not everybody can put internet costs on top of his
priority list.
Yes, we should be bothered with those.
Exactly.
I'm in the region of Montréal, Canada, where broadband is common, but
high bandwidth is *very* expensive.
Personally I have slow ADSL (technically broadband), but with a not very
high monthly limit.
Luckily, I can take my portable to the local library to download my
Mandriva DVDs for free.
Most people in this supposedly favored region do not have this option.
(i.e., no ADSL or not high limit or the local library doesn't provide
free Internet or no portable.)
BTW, in much of the so-called third world countries, one can have high
bandwidth connexions if one is willing to pay the price.
Often for about the same cost or less as in more favoured countries.
In any case, even paying 5$ to 10$ for a DVD would be much less
expensive for most users around the world than paying for a high
bandwidth Internet connexion.
Don't forget that we want to reach out to all potential users, not just
those already committed to open source.
- André
