Toby Beresford wrote: > > In my experience there is often still a big gap between software and > end-users - the gap between some software and end-users is still > fairly large, the smallest gap between user and function,(i.e. easiest > to use by novice users) tends to be in software that is highly > engineered - hotmail, outlook, word, netscape, amazon, ATM bank > machines etc. Linux is still really a power tool for techies. > Personally I don't think we should limit what telecentres can achieve > by waiting for the right software to be built for us, we need to build > appropriate solutions ourselves.
Before we even get into this debate - and it is a debate I will participate in - perhaps we should define what functions Telecenter software should perform. Then we can get into the details. Personally, I think people will be hard pressed to find software for Telecentres which does not exist yet as Free Software/Open Source, but we can't be 100% sure until we define the functions. -- Taran Rampersad [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxgazette.com http://www.a42.com http://www.worldchanging.com http://www.knowprose.com http://www.easylum.net " It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in one's inward journey into new realms, than to stand defiantly for outer freedom."— Rollo May _______________________________________________ telecentres mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/telecentres To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
