Ubuntu & the underdeveloped world

[Michel Clasquin]

On Thu, 2004-12-16 at 08:44 +0100, charley Ramm wrote:

> Im glad that Cuba are looking to Free and Open source software, but as
> i understand it the main problem they face is that they dont have any
> hardware. Because of their size they can't manufacture it. And because
> of said sanctions, and presumably lack of money, they can't import it
> either.

I once lived in a country supposedly under sanctions (South Africa in
the 80s) and believe me, anything you wanted, you could get. In the
computer world, South Africans got so used to buying no-brand beige
boxes from mom 'n pop stores (mostly with Taiwanese parts), and
installing their own (pirated) software, that ten years later the big
brands like Dell and HP are still struggling to get a foothold in the
market with their overpriced, preloaded systems.

-- 
Michel Clasquin

And crawling on the planet's face,
Some insects, called the human race,
Lost in time, lost in space,
And meaning.