[GKD] Cisco Establishes 'Networking Academies' in India

2002-04-19 Thread Frederick Noronha
Cisco for faster roll-out of networking academies in India By Frederick Noronha A networked world would be a far happier place for the student. So believes global networking giant Cisco Systems, as it pushes on with the ambitious roll out its 'networking academies' which it hopes could make a bi

[GKD] Small Towns Build Their Own High-Speed Internet Systems

2002-04-19 Thread Alan Levy
Colleagues, Q. What does the story below say about the digital divide? A. It shows incumbents trying to monopolize. Q. What does it say about government? A. They purposely restrict ICT deployment and artificially raise costs. It's a shame Mr. Link Hoewing of Verizon considers competition a disi

Re: [GKD] Open-Source Software for Development

2002-04-19 Thread Don Cameron
Paul Swider wrote: > neither I in Washington, DC, nor someone in a village in Africa has to > merely take what is given in terms of software function, we can make > what we need. This not only translates into better IT, it can also > translate into real jobs As another regular user and sometimes