I saw this IIT professor speaking at a Linux meet. He does not know how to pronounce Linux; He does not know how open source projects work; He does not know that MySQL can be embedded in open source application. I dunno what he knows, except being a windbag.
yeah. "Proxy not available" error is eating into whatever number of seconds saved by the Accelerator. Such irritating annoyances should have been fixed even before releasing as Beta.
yeah.. but we Indians, not being racists, will buy Coke, Pepsi and what not. I was planning to go to Pizza Hut for a bite and saw this. I am now going to a South Indian food court. Thanks for the not-so-racist BS.
Computers do have a place though. Some bigger countries do have research organizations that specialize in identifying better farming techniques, correct fertilizers, irrigation, weather study and so on. If such information is collated and shared in a timely manner through cheaper information technologies it will be put to use.
Another area where computers can play good role is in education. I have participated in an adult literacy program using computers in remote villages of Andhra Pradesh state in India. The response was great. Villagers, especially women, were genuinely interested if computers can help solve their problems.
Main issues are not related to cheaper software or hardware. With Linux, cost of software is negligible. Local problems - lack of continuous electricity, remoteness, proper place to put the computer are more serious. Solutions can be found, if the situation is understood clearly.
Most often big multinational corporations participate in such studies, get decent publicity and then vanish from the scene once they realize that the market in rural third world is not yet ready for them. But that is another story.
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I saw this IIT professor speaking at a Linux meet. He does not know how to pronounce Linux; He does not know how open source projects work; He does not know that MySQL can be embedded in open source application. I dunno what he knows, except being a windbag.
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yeah. "Proxy not available" error is eating into whatever number of seconds saved by the Accelerator. Such irritating annoyances should have been fixed even before releasing as Beta.
yeah.. but we Indians, not being racists, will buy Coke, Pepsi and what not. I was planning to go to Pizza Hut for a bite and saw this. I am now going to a South Indian food court. Thanks for the not-so-racist BS.
Computers do have a place though. Some bigger countries do have research organizations that specialize in identifying better farming techniques, correct fertilizers, irrigation, weather study and so on. If such information is collated and shared in a timely manner through cheaper information technologies it will be put to use.
Another area where computers can play good role is in education. I have participated in an adult literacy program using computers in remote villages of Andhra Pradesh state in India. The response was great. Villagers, especially women, were genuinely interested if computers can help solve their problems.
Main issues are not related to cheaper software or hardware. With Linux, cost of software is negligible. Local problems - lack of continuous electricity, remoteness, proper place to put the computer are more serious. Solutions can be found, if the situation is understood clearly.
Most often big multinational corporations participate in such studies, get decent publicity and then vanish from the scene once they realize that the market in rural third world is not yet ready for them. But that is another story.