[LUG.ro] Argentina: My First PC Program and its Detractors

Sebastián D. Criado lugro@lugro.org.ar
Mon, 31 Jul 2006 20:04:25 -0300


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Miren est=C3=A1 nota a ver que opinan en otros lados.

Americas, Argentina, Weblog, Internet & Telecoms

The Argentine government has relaunched its federal program MiPC [My First=
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Personal Computer], or as Mariano Amartino refers to it (ES), MiPC Reloaded=
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The original incarnation of the program, which hoped to narrow the digital=
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divide by distributing affordable computers nationwide, debuted last April=
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where it was met with severe criticism (ES) by the blogging community due t=
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the government=E2=80=99s exclusive relationship with Intel and Microsoft. L=
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readers of Global Voices will remember that an almost identical situation=20
took place in Chile, spawning the grassroots =E2=80=9CMy First PC, But For =
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campaign by Chilean bloggers.

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mas en:
http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2006/07/19/argentina-my-first-pc-program-=
and-its-detractors/
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