garmst
join:2000-09-17
New York, NY | I am in it for the money too! Intel's interest and mine are in perfect alignment. Make ME to the fastest and cheapest CPU chip on the planet.
I also like Intel's next plan for me: WiMax. Intel is my bud!
If I was Intel I too would help out the folks who will be my next customers. Eventually everyone will be a "next" customer but someone has to be the first "next" customer.
The developing country at the very bottom most likely is more interested in food, medicine, schools and such rather than mass interest access. |
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PDXPLT
join:2003-12-04
Banks, OR | said by garmst:The developing country at the very bottom most likely is more interested in food, medicine, schools and such rather than mass interest access. That's not true, but it's an understandable attitude on this site; e.g., many of you say the same thing about broadband access by low-income people in the U.S., "they don't want it or need it".
That's because the people here mostly use the internet as a toy; i.e., downloading entertainment, BS'ing on forums like this, etc. In contrast, developing countries want to use it as a driver of economic development and a provider a social services: a way for villages to get services from doctors and teachers that heretofore have had none, a way for farmers to connect to markets that they haven't been able to before, etc. |
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garmst
join:2000-09-17
New York, NY
1 edit | No, developing countries are no more mature about internet use, they are human beings such as ourselves. If they want a Doctor, they want a real doctor showing up, not a virtual doctor. Social services are delivered on the spot by a real person, not a web form.
Development in a developing country involves people on the scene delivering services, support, logistics, and knowledge transfer.
There is no virtual Peace Corps.... |
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PDXPLT
join:2003-12-04
Banks, OR | said by garmst:If they want a Doctor, they want a real doctor showing up, not a virtual doctor. Easy to say in comfy NYC. But a real doctor ain't gonna show up no matter how much they want it. If the village nurse can consult with one 300 Km away over broadband, that's better than nuthin'. And alot cheaper for the gov't to provide. |
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Ummm, teach a man to fish... the laptop provides information. Basic things like proper wound treatment, basic crop and weather information, and knowledge of opportunities such as development loans. |
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