I am in Nigeria and completely disagree with the view, Nigerian schools need free software at all levels of education. For massive deployment a two week workshop will keep many teachers in good shape to be good trainers, Is not that difficult and it has been done many times. If Microsoft will not do it many will turn to linux and the organisation will lose future markets, Jare Oyesola
Phil Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 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 oh, really? -- Phil Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.his.com/pshapiro/ (personal) http://www.digitaldivide.net/blog/pshapiro (blog) http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/pshapiro (technology access work) http://mytvstation.blogspot.com/ (video and rich media) "Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others." - Desiderata _______________________________________________ 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. Jare Oyesola [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------- Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. _______________________________________________ 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.
