[Sigiii-l] Plaza- What if

[Victoria Kravchyna]

It would be very challenging and interesting. 

What if people in "developing" countries, who can only access e-lists through expensive cyber cafes, could do it as cheaply as their colleagues in the "developed world"?

Technology and Internet services market is a part of the definition for "developed and developing" 
countries. If Internet prices are cheap in "developing" country, it's not a "developing" country anymore, it's a "developed" one. The developed country will never be interested in developing one because of possible "obsolete" issues. When a 'developing country" becames a "developed" then possible cooperatrion may occur. History proves that - rich (developed) and poor(developing) never 
understood each other. Social-economical background plays the major role in cooperation and communication.

What if people in university departments (or other organisations with relevant interests) helped people "on the other side of the digital 
divide" to become "e-mail pen-pals" with them, in order to address issues of shared interest?

Not sure it will ever happen though.
Cultural ignorance (P.Wilson) is a major milestone.





Victoria Kravchyna
University of North Texas

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   1. Plaza - What if questions (Pamela McLean)

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Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2004 20:38:35 +0100
From: Pamela McLean <pam.mclean at ntlworld.com>
To: sigiii-l at asis.org
Subject: [Sigiii-l] Plaza - What if questions

Ref Michel Menou's invitation for questions.

What if people in "developing" countries, who can only access e-lists 
through expensive cyber cafes, could do it as cheaply as their 
colleagues in the "developed world"?

What if people in university departments (or other organisations with 
relevant interests) helped people "on the other side of the digital 
divide" to become "e-mail pen-pals" with them, in order to address 
issues of shared interest?




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