[lowcostcomputing] Fw: [PRC] PRC & "Mod the Market" / Distributed Creativity
- From: Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay <sankarshanmukhopadhyay@xxxxxxxx>
- To: Low Cost Computing <lowcostcomputing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 17:41:31 +0530
----- Original Message -----
From: "Aniruddha Shankar" <karim@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <prc@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 9:35 sandhya
Subject: [PRC] PRC & "Mod the Market" / Distributed Creativity
> Dear all,
>
> A few days ago, Sarai was invited to participate in www.eyebeam.org
's
> Distributed Creativity discussion and was asked to moderate a weeks
of
> discussion on the theme "Mod the Market".
>
> Here's Eyebeam's description of Mod the Market:
> "Mod the Market intends to discuss issues of free and open software
> movements, modifying off-the-shelf soft and hardware, tactical and
viral
> media, alternative uses or repurposing of technologies and those
who use
> them, distributed community projects related to these
modifications,
> social and commercial issues dealing with fees, taxes and
advertising of
> web and wireless networks."
>
> While the discussion on the forum has had an Intellectual-property
bent to
> it on the first day of operation, I feel there are many PRC-centric
issues
> to which participants on this list could (and should) contribute -
off
> the top of my head, I can think of the difficulty in getting good
Linux
> driver support for extremely low end / discontinued hardware which
> continues to be used only in the third world. Or, to take another
example,
> the relatively poor Linux GUI tools for formatting, verifying,
undeleting
> or repairing VFAT formatted floppies.
>
> So if you've had an experience with an ADSL modem that refused to
work
> under Linux or if you've got some ideas / suggestions on how open
> source-wallahs in India can get their hands on junked or discarded
> hardware for testing, or if the vivid theme of this week's
discussion
> excites you (as it does me), please do contribute to the discussion
at
>
> http://www.eyebeam.org/distributedcreativity/index.html
>
>
> This posting should have been made on the list at least a few days
ago and
> for any confusion caused, I apologise on behalf of Sarai and
Eyebeam /
> Distributed Creativity.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Aniruddha Shankar
> Knowlege is power... share it equitably!
>
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