[GKD] BytesForAll: SE Asian ICT for Dev. Journal

2002-12-10 Thread Frederick Noronha
-- ###BytesForAll Ezine Nov2002## -- Bharateeya-OpenOffice - Should Indian languages be left behind in the world of computing? No, argues

[GKD] WiFi Offers Community Broadband

2002-12-10 Thread Alan Levy
Colleagues, WiFi is perfect for E-Mexico... it should be used as the access point in all the schools and community centers, which would 1) cover the entire campus 24 hrs. a day, 2) eliminate the need for all PSTN connections except maybe one, 3) provide broadband. It would also help with public f

[GKD] A Farmer Who Grows Data

2002-12-10 Thread Ashish Kotamkar
Farmer who grows data The Tribune - December 2, 2002 http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20021202/login/main6.htm As the farmers' organisations mount their agitation against globalisation and as policy makers tax their brains for solving the crisis in the farm sector, one man has been trying almost s

Re: [GKD] World Computer Exchange Article

2002-12-10 Thread Don Cameron
Hello Timothy and all, I read your response with considerable interest as I am involved with an organisation (NFP) called ComputerBank Australia who are undertaking similar work donating computers preloaded with Linux (Debian) to the disadvantaged in Australia and East Timor. Our mutual tasks, goa

[GKD] New UNDP Publications on Development

2002-12-10 Thread earthscan books2
Two New Books From Earthscan Earthscan are pleased to announce the second publication in a new series of books produced in association with the United Nations Development Programme. This three volume Capacity for Development Series plans to investigate how technical co-operation and capacities for