Comment Re:The easiest way to get free software to Africa (Score 2, Insightful) 729
My initial was response to this, inspired by the sensationalised article title was "fuuuuuuuuuuuck you microsoft!".
But yes, we can do without free software from MS. What we do need is broadband... The other day there was an article about the US whining about how they have no bandwidth. Well recently the number of "broadband" subscribers in South Africa surpassed 50000. Thats out of a population of probably 50 million. "broadband" also means any form of ADSL. I write this now from an ADSL 192 line (for which I pay around $50 USD for line rental, no bandwidth. That 50 is on top of another $20 just for the POTS line. Bandwidth next month will be around $12 per GB). If you want to check this out go to www.telkom.co.za (our ONLY telco, bastards) and www.hellkom.co.za
But yes, we can do without free software from MS. What we do need is broadband... The other day there was an article about the US whining about how they have no bandwidth. Well recently the number of "broadband" subscribers in South Africa surpassed 50000. Thats out of a population of probably 50 million. "broadband" also means any form of ADSL. I write this now from an ADSL 192 line (for which I pay around $50 USD for line rental, no bandwidth. That 50 is on top of another $20 just for the POTS line. Bandwidth next month will be around $12 per GB). If you want to check this out go to www.telkom.co.za (our ONLY telco, bastards) and www.hellkom.co.za
