Re: [GKD] The $100 Computer is Key to India's Technology Fortunes

2005-07-25 Thread Pat Hall
Dear GKD Members, Tom Abeles is absolutely right, and I do like his slogan about not trying to make the past cheaper. To this I would add that this is an area where market forces do work to our benefit, the large volumes of potential sales in phones and music players and the strong competition

Re: [GKD] The $100 Computer is Key to India's Technology Fortunes

2005-07-25 Thread Gary Garriott
On Thursday, July 21, 2005, Tom Abeles wrote: I think that it is nice to think about the $100 computer. But one needs to remember that cell phones are ubiquitous and relatively low cost. One post secondary education institution is developing curricula using the cell phone as the device of

[GKD] WSIS Prepcom Fellowship Deadline Approaching

2005-07-25 Thread Robert Guerra
*** Reminder - Prepcom fellowship deadline - 5 August 2005 *** Further details at: http://www.itu.int/wsis/preparatory2/pc3/index.html#fellowships To facilitate the participation of developing countries at the UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), Third Preparatory Meeting, 19 -