Skype for the Municator? Already being demonstrated.

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Apr 23, 2006, 8:26:13 PM4/23/06

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Skype是一个可以帮助NPO实现协作的工具之一，而且有很好的安全性，另外的可能是随着廉价电脑出现的可能(100美元的手提电脑计划），可能有机会减少数字鸿沟。

Skype for the Municator? Already being demonstrated.

Phil Wolff Apr 23, 2006 - Show original item

by Phil Wolff.

What happens when you ship an Internet-ready PC for $100-150? Distribution that matches all other PCs combined. What's more, this could reach a generation of people who would never have mobile phones, let alone full-screen Internet access. If Skype can negotiate bundling its free software on those computers, Skype could become the default telephony for 100s of millions of families.

Macau's YellowSheepRiver showed their $146 Municator ( YSR-639) at CeBIT. It's a desktop WiFi (no keyboard, mouse, display) available now, running the THINIX 3.0 OS (a Linux variant). The One Laptop per Child project is slated for $100 all inclusive, and will be based on RedHat Linux.

Skype is available for many flavors of Linux, not a technical leap. Is this market worthy of some bizdev and engineering effort? I think so.