C K Prahlad has also argued that the poor are not content with sub-standard offerings.. For instance they will spend on education even when "free" government schools are available just to ensure they get a "better" product or service.
Similarly in the case of computing.. They want what works and works well for a s little as necessary.. I would think it may be more appropriate to create a $100 laptop as a challenge to bring down the cost of computing device by an order of magnitude rather than simply sticking to a number that was originally coined.. On 12/9/05, Andy Carvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The latest twist in the $100 laptop debate... -andy > > Intel: Poor Want 'Real' Computers > > Potential computer users in the developing world will not want a basic > $100 hand-cranked laptop due to be rolled out to millions, according to > Craig Barrett, ECO of Intel. > > Schoolchildren in Brazil, Thailand, Egypt and Nigeria will begin > receiving the first few million textbook style computers from the MIT > Media Lab run by Nicholas Negroponte from early 2006. > > "Mr. Negroponte has called it a $100 laptop -- I think a more realistic > title should be 'the $100 gadget'," Barrett, chairman of the world's > largest chipmaker, told a press conference in Sri Lanka on Friday. "The > problem is that gadgets have not been successful." > > <snip> > > http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,69797,00.html > > -- > ----------------------------------- > Andy Carvin > Program Director > EDC Center for Media & Community > acarvin @ edc . org > http://www.digitaldivide.net > http://katrina05.blogspot.com > Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com > ----------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] the word UNSUBSCRIBE in > the body of the message. > -- Satish Jha Special Adviser, Kofi Annan Centre for Excellence in ICTs Principal Adviser, vMoksha Technologies Co-Chair, Economic Opportunities Commission, WITFOR Management Consultant - Technology Strategy, Management and Program/Project Management www.vmoksha.com; www.dpindia.org; www.aiti-kace.com.gh; www.witfor.org _______________________________________________ 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.
