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AMD builds the computer for 50% of the world's population ... and SoftMaker created the word processor and spreadsheet for it! Monday, November 8 2004
American chip-making giant
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has an ambitious goal: Through its
"50 by 15" initiative, it plans to connect 50% of the world's
population to the Internet by the year 2015.
The centerpiece of this initiative is the Personal Internet
Communicator (PIC), a Windows CE-based computer with a price tag
for emerging markets: The full device will sell for just US$185
(~ EUR 145), and AMD's resellers will accomodate customers with
financing and lease options.
The PIC offers not only web browsing, audio and video capabilities
and instant messaging, but also high-powered word processing and
spreadsheet capabilities - and this software has been created by
SoftMaker: Instead of licensing Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel,
AMD decided to ship TextMaker and PlanMaker, the flagship office
suite applications of Germany-based SoftMaker, with every PIC
computer worldwide.
This means that millions of users worldwide will be able to work
with TextMaker and PlanMaker and use this powerful office suite in
their native tongue. AMD has just introduced this computer, in
cooperation with TATA Indicom (VSNL), in India, and other large
markets will follow soon. Announced so far have been contracts
with telcom providers in Mexico and the Caribbean.
Source: SoftMaker Software GmbH
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