Message-ID: <Pine.3.88.9603120017.A18854-0100000@go> Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 00:47:33 -0600 From: Abubakr Alkhalifa <mailto:aalkhali@CIS.USOUTHAL.EDU> Subject: Re: What is the best LapTop for Central Africa? To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
On Mon, 11 Mar 1996, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote:> Hi,
>
> I would like to have some suggestions what the best LapTop would be for use
> in francophone Central Africa. It would be for use by researchers in hot and
> moist climate.
> ...
>
Technology is NOT neutral. It is biased towards the conditions under which it was developed.
We have to find a way to produce, modify or at least encourage the production of appropriate technologies. A LapTop is a perfect example. A special model can be designed specially to resist e.g. heat, moisture and dust that prevail in many Developing Countries.
How big could this market be? --LapTops for Developing Countries-- and could it be attractive, cost-effective and promising enough for producers?
Abu
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