[kictanet] Konza, a disconnect

[Mark Mwangi]

Give me a technologically superior nation with poorly developed
infrastructure. Its ok I will wait.


On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 9:24 AM, S.M. Muraya <murigi.muraya at gmail.com>wrote:

> Konza will function as a "Data Center" City I thought?
>
> Even highly virtual teams do need locations for servers, storage... etc
>
> No?
>
> :)
> On Nov 26, 2012 9:17 AM, "robert yawe" <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>   Software development is no longer about a physical location, so as the
>> world goes virtual we continue to move backwards obsessed with physical
>> infrastructure
>>
>>
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>>
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>>
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Regards,

Mark Mwangi

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