APC Talk

This section is a space where APC's staff, members and readers can open up conversations on topics that are of interest for the ICT community. It is a space where authors get to be themselves – sometimes to express opinions and challenge the readers on issues and topics that are close to them, sometimes to share their personal experience on an event or a current debate. The views expressed in this section do not necessarily reflect the views of APC or its network, but that does not make them any less valuable.

Wikipedia seeks more Asian tongues on world's most ambitious encyclopaedia 01 September 2006 APC

Jimmy "Jimbo" Wales, the founder of the impressive Web-based free-content multilingual encyclopedia Wikipedia project sees a growing role for Asian initiatives on this volunteer-edited product, that is now rated among the top 20 websites globally. Currently, Japanese is the only non-European lang...

Can Open Access offer science where no one is left behind? 01 September 2006 APC

India is making noticeable progress in the field of ‘Open Access’, a growing global trend which could help it get out of the trap which blocks researchers from here reading what other Indians have published.Yet, a lot more still remains to be done, say experts working in the area. "Ne...

Kenya wins fight to delay regional telecoms project
Kenya wins fight to delay regional telecoms project 31 August 2006 APC

An article on EASSy just came out on the Daily Nation online on August 31, signed James Mugendi. Here is the link: http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=3&newsid=80383

FLOSSophy and migration solutions
FLOSSophy and migration solutions 22 August 2006 APC

APC Women’s Networking Support Programme are running a 2-day workshop on FLOSS at the Know How Conference being held in Mexico City from 21-15 August. From a small and tightly packed computer room, with fans whirring in the background to cool down the room, participants moved from FLOSSophy...

Culture or Theft? The Road to Rio
Culture or Theft? The Road to Rio 11 August 2006 APC

Getting to the 2006 iSummit took Andrew Garton to Santiago where he spent two days musing over digital rights management amidst trips to the Brazilian Consulate, Internet cafe’s and "real" coffee shops.

If copyright won't work, try copyleft
If copyright won't work, try copyleft 11 August 2006 APC

If copyright doesn’t work in the less affluent world, try copyleft. This is no joke, and a wide network of corporates, campaigners and senior officials are to meet this month-end in the national capital to look at new paradigms of creating and sharing knowledge. Titled "Owning the Future: I...

Argentinian's unequal access to the net
Argentinian's unequal access to the net 09 August 2006 APC

Danilo from APC member in Argentina, Nodo Tau, comments to the APC report "Reduce the cost of international internet connectivity".

Michael de Beer, friend and partner of APC, died on August 6, aged 33
Michael de Beer, friend and partner of APC, died on August 6, aged 33 08 August 2006 APC

APC has just received the very sad news that our long-time friend and collaborator, Mike, died earlier this week. If you knew Mike and would like to share a few words about him, please post a comment and we will write a piece based on them.

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