{"id":340,"date":"2003-05-08T11:25:14","date_gmt":"2003-05-08T09:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.multiplicity.dk\/?p=340"},"modified":"2003-05-08T11:25:14","modified_gmt":"2003-05-08T09:25:14","slug":"second-hand-computers-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krag.be\/index.php\/2003\/05\/08\/second-hand-computers-criticism\/","title":{"rendered":"Second Hand Computers Criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"BBC NEWS | Africa | Computers to Africa scheme criticised\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/africa\/2989567.stm\">BBC NEWS | Africa | Computers to Africa scheme criticised<\/a><\/p>\n<p>BBC News reports on a recent report from the The UK Centre of International Education, criticising Western Companies efforts to ship 2nd hand computers to Africa. <\/p>\n<p><bq>It has been a very very costly mistake,&#8221; Bildad Kagai from the Open Source Foundation for Africa told the BBC World Service&#8217;s Outlook programme.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The issue is that we did not consider the consequent costs that come with the donation of computers.&#8221;<\/bq><\/p>\n<p>Although I have little concrete experience in trhese matters, it has been one of our firm stand-points while working on Digital Divide issues, that such 2nd hand programs were NOT what we were interested in. I could add to the above criticism, that a typical 3-5 year old computer, while being perfectly adequate for running basic office applications, uses up to 10 times as much power as a modern computer down-scaled for the same purposes. And power is one of those things that are seriously scarce in many parts of the developing world. <\/p>\n<p>In other words, what the developing world needs is hardware and software, designed and scaled explicitly to solve local problems, and contend with local issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC NEWS | Africa | Computers to Africa scheme criticised BBC News reports on a recent report from the The UK Centre of International Education, criticising Western Companies efforts to ship 2nd hand computers to Africa. 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