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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>D</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>ear Colleagues, </span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I seek your answers and comments to the following questions:
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Q.1. Is Internet really the answer
to providing the poor access to information and a means to reduce the digital divide
in light of the fact that over 1 billion people in the world have not yet
access to telephones and over 2.5 billion lacking access to the basic
necessities of life like food, clean water, shelter, health, education,
electricity and transport?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Q.2. Are you confident that the US$100 laptop per child
project will be successful in spite of various facts that there are over 6000
indigenous languages spoken only in Africa and that to make such an initiative
successful, content will have to be provided in local or regional languages for
wider understanding and usage?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Q.3. Do you prefer Radio or Television over the Internet for
providing immediate access to information for the poor or would you prefer in
taking 5 years to invest resources in developing an Information Technology
ecosystem for demand and supply chain creation and then regulatory frameworks
for IT & Telecom as well as IPR regimes?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Q.4. Would you prefer a US$1 Windup Radio Handset or a
US$100 laptop to provide access to information for the poor in localized
content, please explain why?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Q.5. How is Free and Open Source Software a means to
innovation and providing access to information whereas the underlying hardware
equipment is still very expensive with vendors charging superficial prices
within the global IT commercial market mechanisms?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>(All inputs will be kept confidential. Mind you, this is a
voluntary request. It is neither an exam nor there is any negative marking for
your answers)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Regards<br>
-----------------------<br>
Fouad Riaz Bajwa<br>
General Secretary - FOSS Advocate<br>
FOSSFP: Free & Open Source Software Foundation of Pakistan ®
Secretariat<br>
Office of the General Secretary<br>
Lahore, Pakistan<br>
Tel: 92-42-5030039<br>
E-Mail: </span></font><a href="mailto:bajwa@fossfp.org"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>bajwa@fossfp.org</span></font></a><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><br>
URL: </span></font><a href="http://www.fossfp.org"><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>www.fossfp.org</span></font></a><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> ; </span></font><a
href="http://www.ubuntu-pk.org"><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>www.ubuntu-pk.org</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Arial'>Disclaimer:<br>
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e-mail in error, please discard it. The author of this e- mail or FOSSFP: Free
and Open Source Software Foundation of Pakistan (R) takes no responsibility for
the material, implicit or explicit.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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