On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 6:05 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
2009/5/31 Ray Saintonge <saintonge(a)telus.net>et>:
Assuming that I were somewhere in rural Africa,
and perfectly
functioning hardware with Wikipedia software loaded in dropped in front
of me from the sky like a magic Coke bottle from the Gods, how much
would I then be able to use that gift to get a better yield from my
little patch of poor farm-land?
Wikipedia could be *part* of a solution, it's never going to be a
solution on its own. Wikipedia could be useful as part of an education
system, but it can't be the whole thing.
I just found another statistic. Mobile networks cover roughly 80-90% of the
worlds population.
For them, using that mobile network is probably the most cost effective
solution. For the rest, giving them enough of an education to have the
means to come live with the rest of us, is probably the most cost effective
solution.