http://lwn.net/Articles/699636/
The Internet is ubiquitous in people's lives and is fundamental to most
software, Blandford said, so most developers lapse into thinking about it as
omnipresent. But, in fact, Internet access is neither "always on" nor is it
cheap in many places around the globe. "Less than half of humanity has
access to it today," he said. Thus, software that takes Internet
connectivity for granted fails to function for users in the developing
world. "We're seeing a split between 'Internet-haves' and 'Internet
have-nots.'"
An excellent initiative. I've been complaining for years that many
applications behave extremely poorly in the face of slow, intermittent,
unreliable or expensive networking. Many applications still have user
interfaces that become completely unresponsive until a network operation
completes!
Share and enjoy,
*** Xanni ***
