[Fsfe-uk] Small box 'to end digital divide' (and it's open source)

[Paul Mobbs]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4496901.stm

Small box 'to end digital divide'

By Jo Twist
BBC News science and technology reporter
Friday, 29 April, 2005


A pared down "computer" to replace bulky, grey desktop PCs could help close
global digital inequalities.

Not-for-profit developers, Ndiyo - the Swahili word for "yes" - said it could
open up the potential of computing to two billion more people.

The sub-£100 box, called Nivo, runs on open-source software and is known as a
"thin client". Several can be linked up to a central "brain", or server.

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