[kictanet] IBM is dead!

Fri Apr 20 07:17:35 EAT 2012

Well, my two cents,

Robert used Chinua Achebes literary approach :-), most of us want direct
English (the twitter era). At least he has brought to fore the key issues
even though the title appears sensational, the end justifies the means.

Best Regards

On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Gilda Odera <godera at skyweb.co.ke> wrote:

> Hello Shiko,
>
> You mean "Gilda Odera", thank you:)
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edna shiko" <ednawanjiku at gmail.com>
> To: <godera at skyweb.co.ke>
>
> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke**>
> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 1:53 PM
>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] IBM is dead!
>
>
> Listers ,
> all good systems are as a result of criticism i like the way Yawe puts
> his thoughts across and i think this forum is for enlightening the
> massess  like Gilda Otieno says  lets not be intimidated or intimidate
> others we are not politicians lolhow else do we learn .
>
> On 4/18/12, Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks @Walu, Your clarification is a good reflection.
>>
>> Now some listers will understand the social mutation of kictanet, and its
>> pecking order too.
>>
>> Regards
>> 10rdmwesh
>>
>> On 18 April 2012 17:22, Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> @Kivuva
>>>
>>> Since I know Yawe's style, I had indeed not taking the title too
>>> seriously
>>> and again I do know something about IBM actually being a top 5 software
>>> (not even hardware) companies and so there's no way they could be dead.
>>>
>>> But following the reactions, I had now to search and get the original
>>> post
>>> and sure enough the content was indeed +ve for IBM - but as @PKukubo
>>> said,
>>> some people would take this subject line and tweet/fb/run with it with
>>> unforseen repercussions.
>>>
>>> Moral of the story - some Listers have over time developed more
>>> *authority* or *followers* to use the tweeter analogy than others.  But
>>> with that comes the responsibility that such Listers must weigh the
>>> impact
>>> of their posts more than others - because many a times their posts are
>>> more
>>> likely to be taken as gospel truth and perhaps quoted in other forums
>>> where
>>> the readers there do not know that @Yawe was posting with a pinch of
>>> salt....
>>>
>>> walu.
>>> nb: I also tweaked his subject line to match his original content
>>> --- On *Wed, 4/18/12, Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com>* wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com>
>>>
>>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] IBM is dead!
>>> To: jwalu at yahoo.com
>>>
>>> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke**>
>>> Date: Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 2:41 PM
>>>
>>> As we approve and condemn the phantom caller, we should also learn to
>>> take what Robert says with a little pinch of salt
>>>
>>> On 18/04/2012,
>>> peres_were at yahoo.co.uk<http://**mc/compose?to=peres_were@**yahoo.co.uk<http://mc/[email protected]>
>>> ><
>>> peres_were at yahoo.co.uk <http://mc/compose?to=peres_**[email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]>
>>> >>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Yawe
>>> >
>>> > I really do not see what is negative about IBM launching its cloud
>>> service.
>>> > I am guessing the title subject of your email was meant to 'catch' the
>>> > kictanet audience for a good discourse.
>>> >
>>> > The said 'respected member of this community' should have given his
>>> > views
>>> > online for a good debate rather than try to dictate to you how you
>>> > should
>>> > write your posts.
>>> >
>>> > More oil to your elbows I say! Keep on writing!
>>> >
>>> > Peres
>>> > Sent from my BlackBerry®
>>> >
>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>> > From: robert yawe
>>> > <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk<http:/**/mc/compose?to=robertyawe@**
>>> yahoo.co.uk <http://mc/[email protected]>>
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>>> > Sender:
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>>> > Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:49:58
>>> > To: Peres
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>>> > Reply-To: robert yawe
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