This article says that it's actually a 80GB cable, a $600mil deal, and due in 2001... however, this could just be for South Africa's bit of it. Personally I think it's the best thing since sliced bread. A start towards a truly world-wide web. Yippee!
I hate to nitpick, but there are a tiny amount of government schools that have computers. Last year I was at a government school that had a computer lab. Not big or anything, but there was one. Only problem was that there was only one computer with Linux on in the whole school! And I'm pretty sure that was one more Linux boxes than most schools!
Coming from South Africa, I wouldn't be so sure about saying there's a smaller Microsoft influence in SA. Microsoft SA is pretty big, and they do sponsor a lot of web-related things, etc. In fact, I think Microsoft SA could teach Microsoft a thing or two in terms of their public image etc. etc. Not that I'm saying they're particularly good or anything, just better.
What I'd like to know is what side effects this would have... given all the hubbub about cellular phones frying the brain. If it can go through walls, what else can it go through?
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This article says that it's actually a 80GB cable, a $600mil deal, and due in 2001... however, this could just be for South Africa's bit of it. Personally I think it's the best thing since sliced bread. A start towards a truly world-wide web. Yippee!
I hate to nitpick, but there are a tiny amount of government schools that have computers. Last year I was at a government school that had a computer lab. Not big or anything, but there was one. Only problem was that there was only one computer with Linux on in the whole school! And I'm pretty sure that was one more Linux boxes than most schools!
Coming from South Africa, I wouldn't be so sure about saying there's a smaller Microsoft influence in SA. Microsoft SA is pretty big, and they do sponsor a lot of web-related things, etc. In fact, I think Microsoft SA could teach Microsoft a thing or two in terms of their public image etc. etc. Not that I'm saying they're particularly good or anything, just better.
What I'd like to know is what side effects this would have... given all the hubbub about cellular phones frying the brain. If it can go through walls, what else can it go through?