OT: American job skills & offshoring

[bobleigh at twomeeps.com (Bob Leigh)]

Bob George <mailings02 at ttlexceeded.com> wrote:
> I've since moved, and the lab has been offline since June, 2003. I've 
> accumulated more routers, and am trying to open it up again. However, 
> given my increased awareness of offshoring, I'm torn between wanting to 
> give access without conditions, or possibly limiting access to US 
> nationals. I don't have any answers yet. (Moving briefly on-topic, I 
> could use pointers to some code to determine country of origin for an IP 
> address.)

Have you considered granting access openly but asking for a commitment
to doing some pro bono _community_ network development?  This might
encourage Indian versions of, say, NewburyOpenNet...

> And finally: Would anybody on this list find any use in access to such a 
> lab?

Yes, I certainly would.

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Bob Leigh	bobleigh at twomeeps.com
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