On Tue, 22 Feb 2005, I wrote:
1. Yes, we can technically make an affordable Information Access Device
(IOD). Looking at the cell phone prices and the success of the
pay-as-you-go model for instance in Africa, I'd say we can provide a
$100 'computer'. All the ingredients are there and most
On 2/22/05, Edward Cherlin wrote:
On Thursday, 10 February 2005, Sam Lanfranco wrote:
Dear Colleagues,
The $100 computer for those on the other side of the digital divide has
once again surfaced in what are mainly self-promoting (occasionally well
intended) pronouncements from various
Thanks to Bas Kotterink for summing up some of the key points from the
previous emails - it's sometimes hard to keep on top of these
discussions.
Bas raised as well a few key issues that I think have been only
discussed briefly until now, but deserve some more exploration,
especially for very low
Dear Colleagues,
I read Sam Lanfranco's message and subsequent postings a bit late but
with great interest. I share his suggestion for a reality check. We have
heard of experiments similar to the $100 computer before: computer in a
hole, simputer for the masses, recycled computers for African
On Tuesday, 15 February 2005, Pat Hall wrote:
This is an interesting posting, and worth unpicking. Sam Lanfranco has
just posted a wonderfully incisive analysis of these 'offers'. Even the
much vaunted Simputer becomes questionable under this analysis.
I don't think so. I posted about this
