Word: ladesh
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...awkward (though highly anticipated) child of Indian humanism and technology. Its future depends on how well it is nurtured, by investment, by improvement, by acceptance. But for the moment it is one of the best tools the developing world has to get wired. Dr. Muhammad Yunus, founder of Bang-ladesh's Grammeen Bank, gushes that the Simputer "will be an Aladdin's Lamp in the hands of the poor." Kenneth Keniston, director of projects in science, technology and society at M.I.T., believes the Simputer "should be more than adequate to meet any foreseeable computing, Internet or Web need...
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