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Re: [OpenEconomies] software and hardware for low income countries?

  • To: openeconomies(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu
  • Subject: Re: [OpenEconomies] software and hardware for low income countries?
  • From: Iqbal Mohomed <iqbal_iia(at)yahoo.com>
  • Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 05:06:40 -0700 (PDT)
  • In-reply-to: <2687843031.20020722073943@bigpond.net.au>
Hello,

An excellent open source/ robust/ Linux-compatible
database is MySQL (www.mysql.com). Some of my
colleagues at UofT have developed substantial
applications/websites based on it.

With respect to hardware specs, it is dependent on the
year and make of the computer. A non-graphical Linux
works well on a modest 486. However, going earlier
than that is a bit risky. Also, be careful about get
voltage types mixed up!

A company called APC manufactures good performance
battery backup equipment(UPS's). The product we used
gave us a few hours of uptime with a monitor (almost
double without a monitor ... makes sense for
webservers). In the developing world, some power
outages have longer durations (maybe two or three
days) so the only solution might be a generator.

Regards,
Iqbal Mohomed

--- Richard Curtain <curtain@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> Related  to this discussion of appropriate OS for a
> low income country, I am
> interested  in  feedback  on  a specification of
> hardware and available free
> software for office applications.
> 
> I  am  working with a group of East Timorese
> graduates who are setting up an
> applied   research   centre   in   Dili.  East 
> Timor  is  the  world's  new
> country,becoming  independent  on  20  May this
> year. However, it is one the
> poorest in the Asia Pacific region.
> 
> I  have  undertaken  to find suitable computers with
> appropriate software. I
> intend  to  approach  a  non profit recycler of
> computers to see if they can
> provide computers with the appropriate
> specifications.
> 
> East  Timor,  like many other low income countries,
> is in the tropics and is
> very  humid - what are the specifications in terms
> of internal fans etc that
> are needed to operate computers without
> airconditioning.
> 
> Are there laptops with specifications for the
> tropics?
> 
> Uncertain   power   supplies   is   another  major 
> issue  -  what  are  the
> specifications for a backup battery for a PC?
> 
> In  terms of software, I have made available a copy
> of Open Office. However.
> it  does  not  have a database component.
> Information on other free software
> related to survey analysis would be greatly
> appreciated.
> 
> Others  helping to set up computers in low income
> countries, such as Michael
> Taylor,  would  I  am  sure  be  interested  in 
> such  a  readily  available
> specification.
> 
> 
>  Richard Curtain
> 
> 
> 
> Curtain Consulting, Melbourne
> 
> www.netspace.net.au/~curtain 
> 
> 
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