[kictanet] Fwd: [ke-internetusers] your opportunity own a laptop, , interest-free government facilitated loan

[Gakuru Alex]

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From: Alex Gakuru <gakuru at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 8:26 AM
Subject: [ke-internetusers] your opportunity own a laptop, ,
interest-free government facilitated loan
To: ke-users <ke-internetusers at bdix.net>


Folks,

I was at this meeting- a very good initiative. Proposed loan maximum
50,000/=. I requested that they be supplied unbundled - i.e. without
Operating System or other software. Microsoft Windows costs 10,000/=
Microsoft Office 17,000/= total cost 27,000/= (more than half the loan
amount!!). That would mean that you would have to buy a low-spec
laptop to accommodate proprietary software costs within 50K limit.

Costs that would be done away with thus enable owners get highest
specs laptops, if choose FOSS operating systems (such as
www.ubuntu.com, www.pcbsd.org (Ken Kasina developed installer!!),
www.fedoraproject.org, en.opensuse.org, www.redhat.com, etc). that all
come with free OpenOffice. Give local IT youths installation contracts
for these and MORE FOSS applicatications, at, say, 7,000/= per laptop.
 1 million x 7,000 =????? :) talk about national software cost
savings, youth empowerment, promoting local innovation, and taxes
retentions...

Obviously, not to exclude them, Microsoft are entitle to pitch sales
too,, we see which makes business and national sense?

Companies, organisations, associations can also get the interest-free
the laptops loans for their employees, staff, members. Will keep you
updated as events unfold.

Enjoy,

Alex

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[Business Daily]
State to guarantee loans for laptops
By Okuttah Mark
Thursday, July 23 2009

Organisations or individuals seeking to take advantage of this year’s
budget stimulus package on laptops are free to negotiate with any
banking institution, computer vendors or the telecommunication
companies.

This follows the announcement by the government through the Permanent
Secretary for Information, Dr Bitange Ndemo. that the government will
only facilitate the process but the negotiations will be done by
interested parties on their own.

The incentive was offered by Finance minister Uhuru Kenyatta during
this year’s budget and aims at accelerating computer access in the
country.

In the one million computer campaign, the government will guarantee
money borrowed either by individuals or organisations to buy the
laptop between now and June, next year. The government will also pay
the interest on the loan.
...

http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Company%20Industry/-/539550/628254/-/u8x1gfz/-/index.html

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