From: Tyler Regas (tyler_at_pdahandyman.com)
Date: Wed Nov 16 2005 - 16:58:45 PST
This is simply not true. Sure, there are numerous countries with corrupt
governments or which are "governed" by so-called warlords, but not all.
Certainly not the countries mentioned in the WSJ article. In fact, there are
lots of 3rd world countries who really want to provide for their children
and their future. Most of the time, though, is simply not financially
possible or old world ideas still hold back progress.
Then again, look at what new world thinking has got us!
-----Original Message-----
The biggest problem is not if the people can use it or not. The =20
biggest problem is if they will even receive the devices once a =20
country pays for the units. These are supposed to go to third world =20
countries with little or no infrastructure. Most of the time these =20
countries ports are controlled by corrupt governments or warlords =20
that will steal anything of value before it "arrives". That is the =20
real problem with this type of initiative. If the people who these =20
machines were invented for, actually receive them then they can be =20
trained on how to use them. Remember they (or most of them) have no =20
basis on which to judge if the OS is "good" or not. They have never =20
seen a computer or electricity in most places.
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