Re: [microsound] latinoamerica

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Mensaje citado por Kim Cascone <kim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> > Hi everyone, I am really confused about certain comments.
> > Is anybody here under the impression that people in places like, let's say
> > for instance: latinoamerica; have no access to computers? Believe it or
> not,
> > people used to ask me if we had credit cards in latinamerica, I used to
> say:
> > "Yes, we have one, but only the chief is allowed to use it".
> % yes, this is unfortunately true...Mexico, Central and South America always
> seem to be omitted (or downplayed) from tech statistics...on the flip side:
> I was once told that Brazil's music industry is bigger than Germany and the
> UK combined...and there are many top notch computer music research centers
> in South America...so I don't think of Latin America as being
> tech-impoverished...
> 
> %% regarding credit cards: if you want to go to a country that has very few
> credit card owners and lacks the infra-structure to buy things on the
> Internet then go to Bosnia...that being said though you can buy Windows XP
> for ~10 Euro at the local market in Sarajevo ;)
> 
> that also goes for some of the smaller latinamerican countries like puerto 
rico..which is one of the latin countries that most uses the internet for 
purchase..and has a unknown music industry (unless we're talking about rikki 
martin..heheheh)

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