Monday 30 July 2007

14 More about Home Computer Initiative (H.C.I)

A comment from my old stamping ground Cork asks is the site even live, adding that the ‘latest news’ date is a year old. I have actually seen more recent references, notably an ENN news item:
“New scheme to boost home PC use
24-04-2007 by Maxim Kelly
The Irish Government has given the go-ahead to an IT industry project to improve Ireland's PC penetration. Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and Information Society Minister Tom Kitt launched the Home Computing Initiative on Monday.”
See also a reference recently in Clare Lifelong Learning
under upcoming Events.
As a site HCI comes over as a political/corporate PR exercise, so constructed as to discourage active involvement. As of now it is somewhat unwieldy and is unlikely to attract many participants.

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