Comments on: Cheap technologies for Developing Countries http://ictlogy.net/20080208-cheap-technologies-for-developing-countries/ Information Society, Digital Divide, ICT4D Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:25:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ismael Peña-López http://ictlogy.net/20080208-cheap-technologies-for-developing-countries/comment-page-1/#comment-62592 Ismael Peña-López Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:45:51 +0000 http://ictlogy.net/20080208-cheap-technologies-for-developing-countries/#comment-62592 Thank you, Jaume :)) Thank you, Jaume :))

]]> By: Jaume Albaigès http://ictlogy.net/20080208-cheap-technologies-for-developing-countries/comment-page-1/#comment-62581 Jaume Albaigès Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:53:48 +0000 http://ictlogy.net/20080208-cheap-technologies-for-developing-countries/#comment-62581 What does "anf" mean? :) Should be "and", of course. What does “anf” mean? :) Should be “and”, of course.

]]> By: Jaume Albaigès http://ictlogy.net/20080208-cheap-technologies-for-developing-countries/comment-page-1/#comment-62580 Jaume Albaigès Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:52:21 +0000 http://ictlogy.net/20080208-cheap-technologies-for-developing-countries/#comment-62580 He asked me about all this stuff anf I felt pretty sure that you were the man to be interviewed, so I give him your name. By reading your post I feel I was right ;-) He asked me about all this stuff anf I felt pretty sure that you were the man to be interviewed, so I give him your name. By reading your post I feel I was right ;-)

]]> By: Taran Rampersad http://ictlogy.net/20080208-cheap-technologies-for-developing-countries/comment-page-1/#comment-60707 Taran Rampersad Sat, 09 Feb 2008 18:40:39 +0000 http://ictlogy.net/20080208-cheap-technologies-for-developing-countries/#comment-60707 Pretty well balanced. For the most part, though, technology isn't the issue - and words were chosen carefully at least once here to say that they may be the most 'attractive' aspect of a plan. Fortunately, that was accompanied by the reality of it being a part of a plan. It really is all about context. As far as combination PDA/mobile phones: Can anyone see a difference these days? The real issue in most of the world, though, is the white elephant in the middle of the table that no one is discussing: Cost of bandwidth for nations, particularly the smaller ones such as in the Caribbean. The other real issue is finding the appropriate contexts for the technology. The OLPC is already outdated - by virtue of Moore's Law and the fact that the rate of development of a developing nation is not on par with that of a developed nation... In some ways, the OLPC is not dissimilar to sending high heel shoes to people in South East Asia after a tsunami. And yes, that did happen. Pretty well balanced. For the most part, though, technology isn’t the issue – and words were chosen carefully at least once here to say that they may be the most ‘attractive’ aspect of a plan. Fortunately, that was accompanied by the reality of it being a part of a plan.

It really is all about context.

As far as combination PDA/mobile phones: Can anyone see a difference these days?

The real issue in most of the world, though, is the white elephant in the middle of the table that no one is discussing: Cost of bandwidth for nations, particularly the smaller ones such as in the Caribbean. The other real issue is finding the appropriate contexts for the technology.

The OLPC is already outdated – by virtue of Moore’s Law and the fact that the rate of development of a developing nation is not on par with that of a developed nation… In some ways, the OLPC is not dissimilar to sending high heel shoes to people in South East Asia after a tsunami. And yes, that did happen.

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