TBSC
- Consulting 
We are supporting them by helping to find sponsors for PCs and related
hardware / software for conservation and environmental groups in
Africa; also for the setup of a training centre in East Africa. Our
longterm
know-how and experience in the field of practical computing and electronic
data processing will also benefit them by providing support and advice
over the Internet in the future - esp. for members of their foundation
working on the spot.
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See also our pages: Hardware
wanted, Software
wanted to find out
about what they are looking for.
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Bitte klicken Sie hier um auf die fuer Sie vorbereitete
Seite zu gelangen !
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Her book with many illustrations is an inspiration for anyone:
TAKE IT PERSONALLY
How Globalization affects you and powerful ways to challenge it
ISBN: 0-00-712898-3
Recommended Price: UK British Pounds 12.99
Published by: http://www.thorsons.com
If you cannot afford the book then get it from your library - it may change your life, too !
Anitas link page: http://www.anitaroddick.com/aboutanita/links.jsp
List with recently updated pages and further information !
URGENT appeal for "cover CDs" and "promotional" CD-ROMs !
Many computer magazines are sold nowadays with so-called "cover CDs" often containing valuable shareware, freeware and/or for promotional purposes full packages of commercial software (just the previous version to inform customers in-depth about the product and to offer them an incentive to buy the latest version).
For our purposes the latest versions are mostly not required - we would like you to check out your collected CD treasures gathered over the last 7 to 10 years and send us all those which you don't need anymore. This allows us to build up a large software library (also in many major languages).
Whether you have one or dozens of "cover CDs" - please e-mail us and we let you know where to send them. Everything is needed from DOS/Win 3.1 programs to Win95, 98, ME, 2000 and Win XP, but also for the APPLE and LINUX.
Please check out these old magazines, boxes and plastic bags - your
old "stuff" could contribute a lot to the education of a student somewhere
in the world. Please e-mail us now: tbsc@usa.com
Thank you !
Welcome to the world of ....
TBSC - Consulting
A partner of ...
A Global Network of Organisations working in Human Rights and Sustainable
Development.
We offer free help and support via e-mail about nearly
everything what has to do with PC Computing and ICT in general. Target
Group: teachers, students etc. in developing countries. Just drop
us a line at: tbsc@usa.com
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[ Please let us know if a link doesn't work - thank you.
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A good starting point is to begin with the page: Resources
on this site - because there is most of the software
etc. offered !
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You know you have the necessary
training, knowledge and experience to make it work. The only limitations
are the financial restrictions and the available equipment ....
we want to give you some resources to help you to overcome them !
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We are looking for people and future partners to build up voluntarily the Spanish, French and Portuguese versions of this web site (or country specific versions) with equivalent software offers in the respective languages. Mature, computer qualified and native speakers from these regions (Middle- / South America, French speaking African countries) preferred [this could lead to a commercial partnership regarding the distribution of our own products in your region/country].
If you are interested - please e-mail us at: tbsc@usa.com
ELDIS - the gateway to development information ...
LIVE News Feed from: www.eldis.org
is at the bottom of this page.
Just click on ELDIS LIVE NEWS FEED
! to go there.
Important announcement of NEW Services ( from Sunday March, 24, 2002 on ) :
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The entire web site can now be downloaded and distributed to anyone for "off-line" viewing. If there is at least one Internet access point available the contents of this web site can be downloaded once and then given to dozens or hundreds of people on disk to view the web site "off-line". This might also save connection costs depending on the country you are in or the ISP you are working with.
Download the web site contents now!
Unzip after downloading and start with the file:
index.html
in your browser !
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If your Internet access point is running on a PC with at least Windows 95 installed, then download and install the following remote access software on your machine. We are then able to help you via remote access wherever in the world you are on this machine.
[ The installation requires however a little bit advanced knowledge about the Internet, TCP/IP etc. ]
vnc-3.3.3r9_x86_win32.zip
vnc-latest_doc.zip
tr.98.1.pdf
or go to: www.uk.research.att.com./vnc/download.html the creators of VNC !
TBSC CONSULTING is the non-commercial division of a software development house / business consultancy for small / medium sized enterprises and individual computer users.
For philantropic reasons we will offer our own
products, our "know how" and our professional experience absolutely FREE
on a case to case basis over the Internet to individuals, small businesses,
educational institutions (esp. those with a practical vocational focus)
in "developing" countries and in "disadvantaged"
regions. This is not restricted to the Pacific Rim Region.
We don't throw away tools still useful, books, older cars, vans and machinery still working. Then why are we throwing away software and other intellectual goods which have taken so long to develop.
The value of an old floppy disk might not even be one cent - the educational value of the old DOS based word processor, spreadsheet or database application on it can make the difference to a whole class room somewhere in the middle of nowhere!
Worth thinking about it !
Sometimes we can't hear anymore the permanent lamenting by politicians etc. about the "digital divide" and what can be done to overcome it.
Let's actually do something about it !
What we have in mind is a kind of "exchange" for older (licensed) software and computer equipment ...
Going through the archives of companies, schools etc. we always find
heaps of software (often older versions but licensed), sometimes new and
in the original packaging. The hardware technology used has made them obsolete
- but there are tens of thousands of schools out there in the world who
would be more than happy to have even an older copy of a spreadsheet software
like Lotus 1-2-3 or a database package like dBASE III + etc.
How can it work in practice ?
MOST IMPORTANT !
PLEASE make the web site known world-wide
! YES, you too - it doesn't cost you anything to distribute our URL to
friends, colleagues and institutions you know. And if you are a school
principal then please have a look in the cupboards what "old stuff" there
is which your school doesn't use anyway !
PLEASE send us also an e-mail to: tbsc@usa.com with your request / offer.
From the Guest Book we will then take the necessary information and put it onto the following pages:
Software offered
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Hardware offered
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Other Services
offered ...
Software wanted ...
Hardware wanted
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Other Services
wanted ...
This will allow in most cases that the prospective partners can get in touch with each other without the need that we are facilitating.
Depending on the specific demands we put in our part and research the Internet and/or our software archives for additional information regarding the subject / item (which we then put on one of our resources pages). To give you an example: if there is a lot of demand for database products, and esp. XBase related products, then we add also our "know-how" / experience to this web site for everyone who needs it. See our resource page:
where we have added some of our tools we have used and/or are still using.
Getting software by mail from the UK to a remote school in MALAWI or to KIRIBATI in the Pacific Ocean is a small problem, not to mention the postage esp. for the manuals.
But it can be done by e-mail. The software can be transferred as attachment, the necessary documentation can be scanned and the license can be transferred this way to the new owner. Probably no one will send the manuals by "snail" mail, but for most packages there is sufficient material on the web that can be downloaded. And we will do our part too to help with resources.
It all comes a little bit down to facilitating these things - it should not be too hard ....
It can be done !
We are supporting them by helping to find sponsors for PCs and related hardware / software for conservation and environmental groups in Africa; also for the setup of a training centre in East Africa. Our longterm know-how and experience in the field of practical computing and electronic data processing will also benefit them by providing support and advice over the Internet in the future - esp. for members of their foundation working on the spot.
See our pages: Hardware wanted, Software wanted to find out about what they are looking for.
We are also calling on the BIG players in the computer software industry:
BORLAND, MICROSOFT, COMPUTER ASSOCIATES, IBM / LOTUS and all the others.
We are interested to facilitate the distribution of older software packages which are NO longer sold by you on the markets and DON'T contribute anymore to your margins. If your company is serious about getting future customers in parts of the world which are disadvantaged today then please give us the chance to distribute legal copies of your older products via this site.
This would really contribute to overcome the so-called "digital divide" !
[ If your company is willing to ship older software packages incl. the manuals to those who need them somewhere - eg. in the middle of Africa - that's appreciated. On the other hand: mostly it would be sufficient to have one copy on our web site which can be downloaded by those who request it. Or you can keep them on your web site, and give those people access to download the software which you consider worthy enough from going through our guestbook and pages (just use a password). ]
These were some of the basic ideas ...
... we all can help him (and many others) to advance from here ...
by getting some skills - esp. some
basic computer skills.
Having access to resources on the
Internet is one of the keys for his future, whatever the future profession
will be.
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We believe it is possible to achieve this for everyone by utilizing FREE resources which are available in abundance on the Internet. Even if the recipient of the resources has NO Internet access at this stage and only some older equipment ....
... they all can have a future and take part in a modern world.
[ All pages are under permanent development - thanks for your understanding ! ]
Read about the basic philosophy of this project ...
ENTER
the Web Site of TBSC CONSULTING
Average response time to e-mail enquiries is at the moment : 48 hours
Below are some of the worlds most important web sites you will ever visit. These resources may change "your picture" of the world ...
Just click on the graphics /
logos to access these sites:
TBSC - CONSULTING is a partner of ...
A Global Network of Organisations working in Human Rights and Sustainable
Development.
Eldis
The Worldwatch Institute
UN - The United Nations
Amnesty International
Greenpeace
Further web sites of world wide importance will be added over time.
A good starting point is to begin with the page: Resources on this site (see link in the table above) ...
