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<DIV>I wouldn’t put a great deal of weight on IBM predictions. Some of their
best past predictions include that the world would only ever need 13 computers,
and that USA users would never use mobile phones for texting, information
services etc because this was a peculiar Japanese fetish that would never take
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<DIV>I think the prediction of the end of the digital divide ranks with these
other two examples.</DIV>
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<DIV>Ian Peter</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=fahd.batayneh@gmail.com
href="mailto:fahd.batayneh@gmail.com">Fahd A. Batayneh</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 23, 2012 8:47 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=governance@lists.igcaucus.org
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [governance] IBM Predicts the End of the Digital Divide in
5 Years</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><A
href="http://edition.cnn.com/2012/01/17/tech/mobile/ibm-digital-divide-gahran/index.html">http://edition.cnn.com/2012/01/17/tech/mobile/ibm-digital-divide-gahran/index.html</A><BR><BR>Interesting...<BR><BR>Fahd<BR></DIV>
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