Cindy Lemcke-Hoong wrote: >>Many people are already creating cheap computing for >>the masses, aside from the Simputer, and they have >>things that are actually *working*, and don't get as >>much media spin as Negroponte. >> >> > >My question is: what is stopping DDN promoting >products such as Simputer? These companies are >generally too small, too short of cash to spend on >marketing. What is stopping DDN membership to promote >Simputer (or alike) to NGOs that can benefit from such >products? I see a win-win situation. > >Cindy > > Well, first I'll make the delineation. The Simputer is an open hardware product. We can promote the Simputer, but I don't know that DDN should promote specific versions of the Simputer. That shows a commercial bias. However, the Simputer itself could be highlighted without commercial bias.
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