Ramon Zamora





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Introduction

 * "The computer is not the goal, but the tool. The goal is the development of empowered and fully functioning citizens in an information-based society." (Ramon Zamora)

Here is a 1984 statement by David Tebbutt from the November 1984 issue of Creative Computing.


 * Another thing I got going in the UK was Computer Town. At the time we launched this, the government was doing very little about computer literacy, and Clive Sinclair had only just got going with his first proper computer. Over in California Bob Albrecht and Ramon Zamora had a scheme going in the Menlo Park library whereby members of the public could just drop by and learn about computers free of charge. Qualified people could drop in any time and use the machines. Those new to computers had to come by at particular times when trainers were around to help out.

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