Re: [GKD] RFI: Computer Donations To The Third World

2003-06-17 Thread Daniel Makundi
In support of Mr. Njungu. I have always protested aloud whenever I hear someone mentioning in a meeting something to the effect "they are turning 3rd world countries into obsolete computer dumping ground". There is nothing like obsolete here: a 486/66 pc with 500 MB HDD and 16 MB RAM will nicely i

Re: [GKD] RFI: Computer Donations To The Third World

2003-06-17 Thread Timothy Anderson
In resonse to Larry Njungu of Zambia, you can visit to see how we can source donated computers in Scandinavia, Germany, and the USA for you to use to connect youth to the Internet. We also have online support services to help you through the first years of getting connected. In Zambia, Informati

Re: [GKD] RFI: Computer Donations To The Third World

2003-06-17 Thread IDSP
Dear Larry, Your concerns are valid. The hype of IT is cross cutting but who are the real beneficiaries is a question mark at least in the context of third world. I am not saying that good examples does not prevail but can these be universally accepted and replicated. We have the examples of gras