BBC News | BUSINESS | Hackers steal Davos data

Peter K. peterk at enteract.com
Sun Feb 4 21:07:47 PST 2001



>http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_1152000/1152966.stm
>
>The BBC's Claire Doole
>"Highly embarrassing for the organisers"


>.... global leaders warned that the lack of computers and
>internet access in many developing countries was increasing economic
>inequality.
>
>UN Secretary General Kofi Annan pointed out that many of the world's poor
do
>not have electricity or telephone lines, much less computer access.

How many times have you, gentle LBOer, come across this point-counterpoint in various articles or news stories? Myself, maybe 10 or 15 times. I might start a tally. Didn't Bill Gates recently concede this obvious point?

Peter



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