Alfred Bork wrote:
I agree, Raymond. The potential dangers of widespread open source software
(including operating systems) are great.
Alfred Bork
I'd like to see what material there is that supports this statement.
There is much evidence that indicates otherwise.
Perhaps you could share
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Subject: RE: FW: [DDN] Simputer
I actually like the idea of a simple low cost computer to assist with
bridging the digital divide, with an emphasis on ASSIST. But I do have a
problem with the idea of Open Source operating system; maybe someone can
Alfred wrote: I agree, Raymond. The potential dangers of widespread open
source software (including operating systems) are great.
Raymond wrote: If Microsoft has such a problem with people hacking into the
loopholes of their closed source code, what type of malicious viruses will
we begin seeing
Jesse,
I will add still more anecdotal evidence to this discussion:
Apache is the most used webserver in the world. It is a Free and Open Source
package, and sits at the gateway to most server systems. If Free and Open
Source is by its very nature hackable, why haven't more disasters occurred
I actually like the idea of a simple low cost computer to assist with
bridging the digital divide, with an emphasis on ASSIST. But I do have a
problem with the idea of Open Source operating system; maybe someone can
clarify this for me.
If Microsoft has such a problem with people hacking into
Friends:
Here is a message (on simputers) I received from Ms Laina Raveendran Greene,
an ICT4D consultant working out of California and Singapore. In fact Laina
must have met Dr Swami Manohar, one of the founders of the simputer project,
as both of them were there at the PANASIA review meeting
Raymond wrote: If Microsoft has such a problem with people hacking into the
loopholes of their closed source code, what type of malicious viruses will
we begin seeing if an Open Source Operating system such as Linux becomes the
dominant OS?
I think we will see quick, decisive responses to hacks
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I actually like the idea of a simple low cost computer
There are half a dozen projects for producing cheap computers, including
ones at MIT and Carnegie Mellon, most more interesting than the simputer.
But none of them is based on any analysis of educational needs. I propose
that we should delay such design until we have a sizable body of well
One other interesting factor in the use of the Simputer, is the access to a
source, to use the computer. There are some unusual ones and often that
discussion is lacking. There have been various ways posted of using alternate
energy
sources. This comes from actually working in places where I
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Even if we have lived in the developing world all our lives we would not
know the answers for the developing world as a whole. The developing
world is a very large place, with very different problems in each area.
Even within
Jon,
We appreciate the link very much, and most of us would love to try out
a Simputer in the field, believe me. It is actually clear from its
features that a great deal of thought and prototyping took place, and
many of us remember its gradual evolution.
We on the list just like to get into
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And I also personally think it would be best if there were always an
educational technologist involved, someone who could ensure, not that
the research is done before development, but rather that the
development takes
Educational technologists do hope that there is research on
educational needs before we introduce new technologies into education,
but that is because we don't want to be wasting time on flashy new
items that may not have much of a purpose yet. But in my digital
divide work I sense an ongoing
Hello All,
This is the link Taran sent on Simputer http://amidasimputer.com/khatha/
If we look at the needs of the 'pressumed' (I am guessing) target audience in
India, this piece of equipment is design with them in mind. At least some of
the target audience.
Furthermore it is both
Hi,
A project that I have been tracking for over three years has finally made it
to market in a big way. That is India's Simputer project (www.simputer.org)
The Simputer is a design for a low-cost, PDA-like computer that could be
shared among users. Why do I say PDA-like?
While most PDAs can
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