[GKD] Supporting Local Development Content

2002-01-30 Thread Kanti Kumar
Dear Friends, Forwarding the following for those who're interested in and working on open content. They can share their experiences and ideas. Kanti Kumar -Original Message- From: Peter Ballantyne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 2:01 AM Subject: Supporting

Re: [GKD] Acknowledging the Digital Divide

2002-01-30 Thread Udit Chaudhuri
I would like to build on what Vickram Crishna has stated: It is a common concern that any such development makes some people 'more equal' than the others. Unfortunately, in many Indian cases, the current village 'head-man' or one from the local all-powerful family was the only one educated and r

[GKD] DotCoop Goes Live Today

2002-01-30 Thread Malcolm Corbett
Dear friends, Please excuse this blatant promotion, but I think it will be of interest to some GKD list members. The new .coop top level Internet domain registry goes live today at 12:00 EST / 17.00 GMT / 18:00 CET. Exclusively for the use of the world's cooperative movement, .coop is a major st