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ah, this came to me as well as to the list, and as we should be discussing these sorts of things, my reply to Chris was that google worked quite well on it he then correctly replied that access to google type objects in Africa is much slower than access to email, a point we have known for a long time, but which needs making over and over again. thus my original argument about 7 bit ascii, vt100, and simple text messages which have now been cluttered by all sorts of rubbish. For those with internet access to the economist, and to the BBC, the article by St. TBL (say out loud) about content needs to have a heavy third world addendum made to it, but no one now will be officially saying any of these things. ________________________________ From: British Computer Society Developing Countries Specialist Group. on behalf of Zielinski, Christopher Sent: Tue 25/03/2008 10:36 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: bcs - Heymath John, Since you don't disclose to those of us without an Economist subscription what on earth a Heymath might be, your contribution could as easily be about the Brown Borra or Wiggling Snorfpuss! Chris Zielinski Technical Coordinator, Research for Health, Harare World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa ________________________________ From: British Computer Society Developing Countries Specialist Group. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lindsay, John M Sent: 25 March 2008 11:28 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: bcs - Heymath In this week's economist is a story on a thing called Heymath, produced in South Africa, by an Indian company, according to the story. This might be an interesting shift in global participation. I realised a long time ago the south east corner of africa pointed at India. But I had a look at the product, and think we have some time to wait? But I don't teach math. The more we can track though of cultural interchanges, the better This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System. This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System. This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System.