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 Next regular Update on:  Monday, April 15, 2002 !                                               
 Last update was on:        Tuesday, April 9, 2002
 
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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 !
 
 at:
www.tbsc-consulting.de.vu
 
Scroll down to continue - or click on a flag for a version in another language ( under development ) :
 
 
                                                                                                    Spanish        French        Portuguese
 
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-consult@altavista.it   or visit our guest book:

 

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Welcome to the world of   ....

TBSC - Consulting

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  A Global Network of Organisations working in Human Rights and Sustainable Development.
 

Some flags from countries in the Pacific region ... click a flag to visit a major web site about this country / island(s) !
 
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From left:  Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand

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From left:  Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Western Samoa

[ Please let us know if a link doesn't work - thank you. ]

 
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Important announcement of  NEW Services ( from Sunday March, 24, 2002 on ) :

( 1 )

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 (up-to-date until:  April 9, 2002)       We update it weekly !

Unzip after downloading and start with the file:  index.html in your browser !
 

( 2 )

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
 Home Page   Software wanted   Software offered   Resources on this site 
 Project Philosophy   Hardware wanted   Hardware offered   Link Page 
 Teams/Projects worldwide  Other services wanted ..   Other services offered 
 About us ... / Contacts 
 

( These pages are permanently under development )                             E-mail us at:   tbsc-consult@altavista.it

A good starting point is to begin with the page:  Resources on this site (see link in the table above) ...



 

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 (with NO strings attached) 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 !



 
Searching through the web we have found hundreds of reports, projects and research papers dealing with the issues of  computing and the Internet in "developing" countries, about the needs of teachers, trainers etc., about how to utilize the Internet in these regions and much more  ...

 
To be honest: 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 does 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 !
 
Putting a  GUESTBOOK  on this site is also a way to go. So people can say what they are looking for, describe their equipment etc. - and others can offer the software, hardware etc. (please give details of the goods and services, also how to contact you).

Our Guestbook can be found here:
 

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PLEASE send us also an  e-mail   with your request / offer in case the Guest Book facility doesn't work !

From the Guest Book we will then take the necessary information and put it onto the following pages:

 Software offered ...
 Hardware offered ...
 Other Services offered ...

 Software wanted ...
 Hardware wanted ...
 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:

                                                                      Database Resources

where we have added some of our tools we have used and/or are still using.
 
 
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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 net, which 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 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.
 
      . 
 
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 ...
 
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PLEASE:  E-mail us if you have any questions, needs etc.  ...

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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.
 


 
 
TBSC - Consulting
 Home Page   Software wanted   Software offered   Resources on this site 
 Project Philosophy   Hardware wanted   Hardware offered   Link Page 
 Teams/Projects worldwide  Other services wanted ..   Other services offered 
   About us ... / Contacts 
 
( These pages are permanently under development )                             E-mail us at:   tbsc-consult@altavista.it
 
A good starting point is to begin with the page:  Resources on this site (see link in the table above) ...


 
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