[GKD] Low-Cost Computers for the Developing World?

http://h2o.law.harvard.edu/viewRotisserie.do?rotisserieId=285 Interesting question being posed by the author: Should the developing world fund research to build a low cost (read around $100) computer or invest in building IT/education upon the platform of a device such as internet-capable mobiles.

Re: [GKD] RFI: Pico Hydro Power and ICT Deployments

On 10/13/03 03:01, Venkatesh (Venky) Hariharan wrote: > Has anyone on this list come across a deployment of ICT specifically > meant for powering computers in rural areas? I would be interested in > hearing about this. You can check Jhai Foundation's Remote IT Village Project at: http://www.jhai

Re: [GKD-DOTCOM] Bringing Connectivity to Under-Served Communities

Dear GKD Members, I got back from Kenya after serving there as a VSO [1] volunteer for a year. I was teaching IT in a womens college in a rural place called Tala. I also trained the staff on the more advanced subjects of the curriculum. First, let me talk about the state of connectivity in the co

Re: [GKD-DOTCOM] Bringing Connectivity to Under-Served Communities

Hello Robert and others, On 11/05/03 09:14, Robert Miller wrote: > With regard to Ahmed's note and the great work he is doing by bringing > Internet literacy to the students in his university in Nigeria, what if > you could connect one Campus Content server to that Internet connection > and locall

Re: [GKD-DOTCOM] Bringing Connectivity to Under-Served Communities

On 11/10/03 18:43, Guido Sohne wrote: > This is very interesting to me but raises some questions related to > practical use and implementation. It basically seems that 'offline' > content is being maintained in a somewhat current state by periodically > syncing with upstream information. You mentio

[GKD] Software Licence Fees vs. GDP Per Capita

I came across this interesting piece by a friend of mine: Abstract: "There is a strong case for free software (also known as open source or libre software) being deployed widely in developing countries. As argued in this note, the open s

Re: [GKD] Update on Cisco LDC Initiative in Uganda

Tariq Mohammed wrote: > A little over a year ago, I arrived in Uganda as United Nations > Volunteer (UNV). The purpose of this message is to update ICT4D > practitioners about the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Initiative, a > private-public partnership between Cisco Systems, UNDP, UNV, ITU and >

Re: [GKD] Update on Cisco LDC Initiative in Uganda

[Sorry for replying rather late to this thread. Replying to several people in one post.] John Dada wrote: > Rather than stop the CCNx programs wholesale, we provide a graded > series of programs starting with primary and secondary computer > education, and computer maintenance skills. That way di