[CS-FSLUG] Communicating to people who care about "3rd world" techneeds

[Tim Young]

Well, there are a few places for you to start:

techsoup.org This is a place where a lot of fols who work overseas start out.  There are a lot of groups that are a part of techsoup, but that is probably the
place to begin. There is a group that hang out there called the eriders (and iriders for the international guys) who are focused on supplying technology to
the third world.  (They call it the "digital divide", and have lots of articles on it)

The second place you might go would be the iccm-tech at yahoogroups.com mailing list.  iccm-tech is a technological email list for missionaries around the
world.  Those are probably the biggest massed groups of people actively interested in getting technology to the third world.  There are other areas for
funding such projects (sadly, more finances are available in the secular secter than through Christian circles.  So I would recommend working through
techsoup, who has the initial contacts for funding through secular circles.)

    - Tim Young

Norbert Bollow wrote:

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> I wonder if someone here can give me advice on how to communicate
> a news item about DotGNU on the Simputer (see below) to people who
> care about "3rd world" tech needs.  Is there a news agency or
> similar outlet that I could submit this to?
>
> Blessings,
> Norbert.
>
> DotGNU for Closing the "Digital Divide"
>
> Normally you need different versions of a computer program when you
> want to run it on different operating systems (such as GNU/Linux,
> FreeBSD, Mac OS X or Microsoft Windows) and types of CPUs.  For
> example the Encore Simputer [1], an inexpesive handheld computer
> from India, is based on Intel's StrongARM CPU (a RISC microprocessor
> designed for embedded applications).  With DotGNU [2], it is possible
> to run the same executable program on the Simputer or on a standard
> PC, regardless of CPU type or operating system.
>
> DotGNU, which is available free of charge under the terms of the
> GNU General Public License, has been ported to the Simputer within
> 72 hours after the release of Encore's port of the GNU/Linux
> development tools for this platform at the "Linux Bangalore/2004"
> conference.  Conference organiser Atul Chitnis said [3]
> "I threw the challenge as a joke, the bet being a cup of coffee.
> Gopal borrowed a PC at the conference, and finally an Encore Simputer,
> and came to me on the third day, saying that I now owed him a cup of
> coffee. It took a few seconds before the enormity of that statement
> hit me."  Here's a video clip: [4]
>
> [1] http://www.ncoretech.com/simputer/
> [2] http://dotgnu.org/
> [3] http://www.manoramaonline.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=manorama/MmArticle/CommonFullStory&c=MmArticle&channel=Home&cid=1102102293091
> [4] http://t3.dotgnu.info/code/Dotgnu_Simputer.avi
>
> - --
> Founder & Steering Committee member of DotGNU, see http://dotgnu.org/
> Free Software Business Strategy Guide   --->  http://FreeStrategy.info
> Norbert Bollow, Weidlistr.18, CH-8624 Gruet (near Zurich, Switzerland)
> Tel +41 1 972 20 59        Fax +41 1 972 20 69       http://norbert.ch
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