LJ Index

  1. Millions of students in the state of Kerala, in India: 1.5
  2. Number of government and government-aided schools in Kerala: 2,650
  3. Percentage of Kerala schools that will use or switch to free software on Linux: 100
  4. Thousands of Kerala high school teachers being trained on Linux: 56
  5. Weeks between Richard M. Stallman's visit to Kerala and the state's decision to switch to free software and GNU/Linux: 2
  6. Percentage growth rate of the Indian economy: 8
  7. Percentage growth rate of the Chinese economy: >10
  8. Billions Intel plans to invest over the next five years in its "World Ahead" program for emerging markets: 1
  9. Percentage of the world's population AMD wants to see connected to the Internet by 2015: 50
  10. Billions of people with annual incomes under $4,000 per year: 3.8
  11. Billions of people with annual incomes for $4,000 to $20,000 per year: 1.5
  12. Percentage yearly growth of Cisco's network load: 100
  13. Projected percentage yearly growth of Cisco's network load: 300-500
  14. Cisco annual percentage growth rate in emerging markets: 30
  15. Percentage of new Cisco employees being hired in emerging markets: 12
  16. Percentage of television programs Cisco expects will be broadcast over the Net in the future: 100
  17. Current percentage contribution of emerging markets to Cisco's revenues: 10
  18. Projected maximum future percentage contribution of emerging markets to Cisco's revenues: 40
  19. Millions of dollars Google has donated to One Laptop Per Child: 2
  20. Number of cities in Africa that Google intends to fully connect with a wireless network: 7

Sources: 1-5, rediff news ; 6-7, New York Times; 8-11, Electronic Engineering Times; 12-18, World Resources Institute, reporting on a speech by Cisco CEO John Chambers; 19-20, icicemac.com.

http://www.rediff.com/money/2006/sep/02microsoft.htm

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/01/business/worldbusiness/01rupee.html

http://www.eetasia.com/ART_8800421804_499495_c3c36558200606.HTM

http://www.nextbillion.net/newsroom/2005/12/09/cisco-systems-sees-massive-potential-in-developing-world

http://www.icicemac.com/nouvelle/index.php3?nid=7049