In a message dated 10/20/05 2:02:27 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > Microsoft: Africa doesn't need free software > Ingrid Marson > ZDNet UK > October 17, 2005, 16:30 BST > > You can give people free software, but they won't have the expertise to > use it, says Microsoft Nigeria's manager. > > http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39231004,00.htm > Marketing is one thing, and the individual statement of someone who works for Microsoft another. I just finished editing a book on the Global Use of ICT's in Education, from the Dublin Meeting on the ICT Task Force. Surprisingly, I was taking notes, supposed to be quiet. The person representing a big company and the Davos Foundation and some people working together on the project in Jordan, said that there was no problem in the use of ICT's in Education in Jordan. I nearly fell off of my chair and bit my lip to keep quiet, but as it got more and more spun out of control, I let him know, while still taking notes, that I had worked for AED in Jordan and knew that their project was a country wide initiative, and that Queen Noor had one for rural women and girls, and ... oh I could go on and on. So take what the case study people say, with the funding , as what they think. I had two weeks in Jordan teaching science, math, engineering and technology. We also did research on water projects, an environmental need of Jordan. Sometimes you have to look at the source to determine if they have the right to say what they say. So I suspect that person is feeling the power of working for Microsoft, I doubt that anyone would say what he said, even if they thought it, as a mantra for the company. BBSutton BBracey aol com _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
