[DDN] News: nUbuntu to Cease Development after notification by Canonical Ltd.

2006-04-02 Thread Fouad Riaz Bajwa
Canonical has asked for nUbuntu to cease development in an email nUbuntu received from Canonical Ltd. Canonical Ltd stated that nUbuntu must cease development as the ideas behind nUbuntu are giving Canonical Ubuntu a bad name. The author of nUbuntu Tom Bell has stepped forward to fully comply

Re: [DDN] Seeking youth organizations also engaged with youth development research

2006-04-02 Thread Barry Joseph
I received over a dozens emails in response to my request for names of youth development organizations that also research and publish about youth. Thank you all for your help! Barry [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ___ Barry Joseph Director Online Leadership Program Global

[DDN] Recent Reports on the Digital Divide New York TImes is in Error

2006-04-02 Thread BBracey
Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11463.html The whole book is online free... But you have to read it. It is not a minutes worth of information. It requires understanding the reason for the

Re: [DDN] Planning Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread Taran Rampersad
Hello, Mark. I'm sorry I didn't respond earlier... and I should have. Mark Warnick wrote: Hello Everyone, I am normally a lurker here on the list, mainly because of my lack of knowledge. My father always told me it is better to be thought an idiot and remain silent than to open your mouth

Re: [DDN] bogus new york times article

2006-04-02 Thread Cindy Lemcke-Hoong
Hello Andy, How about you write one for New York Time as a guest writer? Perhaps then the public would get a better picture of digital divide? Cindy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Andy Carvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Phil, My blog post earlier today is a response to some of the issues raised in the

Re: [DDN] Planning Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread Dave A. Chakrabarti
Hi Mark, My initial thought is that VISTA will, indeed, be a resource hog...in other words, not something you're going to want to implement on older hardware. It'll require fast processors and tons of memory, neither of which tends to come through the recycling stream to community technology

Re: [DDN] Planning Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread Rene G. Abad
hi mark comments below in caps regards, rene -- Original Message -- To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) From: Mark Warnick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Subject: [DDN] Planning Help Needed Date: 3/31/2006 10:35:08a Hello Everyone, I am normally a

Re: [DDN] Race and the US digital divide: a current snapshot

2006-04-02 Thread Paul Mondesire
Hello to all, I read the article in the NY Times and was deeply disappointed in the paper of record. The editorial perspective taken (giving the reporter the benefit of the doubt) was similar to the way much of the US deals with issues surrounding race, ethnicity, and socio-economic