Printing et al.

[Kent Loobey]

This is such a hard issue to generalize about.

Back before, I worked for a company that developed software for the education 
market.  When we asked the administrators that bought our products if they 
wanted printing ability they said no but if we asked the teachers in the 
class room they said yes.  We never included printing as a feature in our 
software because the teachers didn't make the buying decision.

My daughter has spent several years in Africa.  It is hard for us to 
appreciate how hard it will be for some areas to get anything extra.  Paper, 
printers, tonor cartrdges, and usb drives are as out of reach to them as are 
computers at this moment.

I could be wrong of course.  "Back before" was ten years ago and the situation 
may have changed and I have never been to Africa.