Is providing a computer enough ?
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Universal Access
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I don't know how these companies handle this, but I think just providing the computer is not enough to get "Universal Access". Poor people (in the third world, but also in the western world) usually have no higher education and since they couldn't afford a computer until they got it from the Company no computer experience at all. So I wonder if they can use their new toy in the ways Jon envisioned. I think the companies should provide accompanying courses.
This also gives interesting opportunities for system integrators, since companies surely will prefer a computer with their corporate identity. This would give themeable software a great boost.
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I don't know how these companies handle this, but I think just providing the computer is not enough to get "Universal Access". Poor people (in the third world, but also in the western world) usually have no higher education and since they couldn't afford a computer until they got it from the Company no computer experience at all. So I wonder if they can use their new toy in the ways Jon envisioned. I think the companies should provide accompanying courses.
This also gives interesting opportunities for system integrators, since companies surely will prefer a computer with their corporate identity.
This would give themeable software a great boost.