I've not looked into this in a huge amount of detail, but my thinking is, I guess, that if someone can get access to broadband via an internet café (of which there are very many in China and India) or a community project, then the cost of electricity and an old-ish Intel box running Linux is acceptable - but the list price of $50 for PDD might not be.
2009/12/28 Jim Taylor <[email protected]> > Question, and I ask this out of true ignorance, this is not judgement laden > in any way (I've got my 1st world Middles class American blinders on here > :)). > > If the price of PDD is too prohibitive how can people afford computers, > bandwidth and electricity? Am I totally missing something here? > > > On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 10:39 AM, James Benstead <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> If for no other reason, the cover price of PDD is huge for developers in >> 2nd or 3rd world countries (i.e., the majority of the population of the >> planet) and they should have an alternative > > >
