Yet another reason to get angry with Bill...

[Jan Claeys]

Op vr, 17-03-2006 te 12:55 +0200, schreef Alan McKinnon:
> On Friday 17 March 2006 11:02, Duncan Anderson wrote:
> > On Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:50, Jan Claeys wrote:
> > > Op do, 16-03-2006 te 13:23 +0200, schreef Alan McKinnon:
> > > > He's also clueless about how places like Africa work. There is
> > > > no connectivity, there is no support infrastructure, and there
> > > > is no money for software.
> > >
> > > Your description of "Africa" is a bit of an
> > > over-generalization...   ;-)

> > I think Alan  knows a bit about Africa. He lives there.

> To be fair to Jan, Africa is quite a big place and it's easy to 
> generalize. Lucky for me, most of the population *is* poor so this 
> time I get away with it :-)

Most, but not all, and there are large differences between regions (you
can't compare a town in RSA with a village in the middle of the jungle).

And AFAIK at least in most cities in Africa there *is* internet
connectivity.  Whether it's accessible by everyone (money-wise) is
another problem of course...


> I wonder how long it'll take before someone ports Ubuntu to run on it. 

Isn't the hardware too low-spec for a real Ubuntu port?


-- 
Jan Claeys