[kictanet] Techies to fail Kenya again

Thu Feb 28 17:34:04 EAT 2013

I also wondered hat was meant by visualising  What exactly is being
visualised if the results are correctly received  Also why is IEBC buying
hardware now? This thing was not tested for all those
months? Wouldn't running it from a cloud instance be better and cheaper for
all concerned(ok maybe not for whomever is selling the new new server.)

And why is there no technical language being used? No talk of latency, page
load, database response etc. just vague terms like no visualisation.

On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 10:04 AM, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The information to be visualized is minimal as what is being received is
> only summaries from the polling stations and not each voters results which
> would mean that the data could be visualized quite comfortably with a
> spreadsheet on a 486 or lower processor so when they say that it was
> underpowered on what platform where they running the application, a Huawei
> ID10T "smart phone".
>
> This is a clear indication that all we remain is a silicon savanna where
> there is a scarcity of trees from which one can climb to get a vantage
> point into the future.
>
> (A *savanna*, or *savannah*, is a grassland<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grassland>
> ecosystem <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem> characterized by the
> trees being sufficiently small or widely spaced so that the canopy<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canopy_%28forest%29>does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to reach the ground
> to support an unbroken herbaceous<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbaceous>layer consisting primarily of grasses.
> [1] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savanna#cite_note-1>[2]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savanna#cite_note-2>
> [3] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savanna#cite_note-WernerIntro-3> Some
> classification systems[*which?<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_words>
> *] also recognize a grassland savanna from which trees are absent.[4]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savanna#cite_note-4>This article deals only with savanna under the common definition of a
> grassy woodland with a significant woody plant component)
>
>
> Regards
>
>
> Robert Yawe
> KAY System Technologies Ltd
> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
> Kenya
>
> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
>   ------------------------------
> *From:* Gabe Sailepo <gabe at kentelcom.com>
> *To:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> *Cc:* robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>
> *Sent:* Thursday, 28 February 2013, 0:15
> *Subject:* RE: [kictanet] Techies to fail Kenya again
>
>  We are living in the day and age of Hardware Abstraction, Multi-core
> CPU, Hypervisors and Virtualization of physical resources.
> The statement “Server was under powered” does not inspire a lot of
> confidence in our nascent IT Industry.
> In my opinion, the physical hardware should no longer a limitation once
> you virtualize the Compute, Network and Storage Nodes?
> Did the engineers do any stress-tests and capacity planning? Did they even
> scale the System?
> It would be ironic and tragic if the Kenyan Elections failed due to some
> ID10T errors considering that Kenya is the African Silicon Savannah.
> “Never was so much owed by so many to so few” stolen from Churchill.
>
> Gabe Shompole
>
>
>  *From:* kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+gabe.shompole=
> kentelcom.com at lists.kictanet.or.ke] *On Behalf Of *robert yawe
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 26, 2013 9:59 AM
> *To:* Gabe Shompole
> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> *Subject:* [kictanet] Techies to fail Kenya again
>
>  Hi,
>
> I am shocked that none of the people of this list felt it necessary to the
> bring the following issues to light yet it could be a major issue if not
> resolved immeidate
>
> “Sunday when we had the transmission of results, there was something that
> didn’t work. We used a server of a lesser power than the one we thought we
> should use. We confirmed that all results were relayed to the server but it
> could not do visualisation,” Mr Oswago said.
>
>
> http://elections.nation.co.ke/news/System-to-relay-poll-tally-queried-/-/1631868/1704724/-/5pbyj5z/-/index.html
>
> Shall we keep behaving like pathologists whose clients have no opportunity
> for a second opinion?
>
> Regards
>
>  Robert Yawe
> KAY System Technologies Ltd
> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
> Kenya
>  Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
>   The content of this e-mail from Kentelcom (including any attachments)
> is strictly confidential and may be commercially sensitive. If you are not,
> or believe that you may not be, the intended recipient, please advise the
> sender immediately by returning the e-mail, deleting it and destroying any
> copies. This Email has also been Scanned for Viruses by MailScanner and is
> believed to be clean.
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> kictanet mailing list
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet
>
> Unsubscribe or change your options at
> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/mwangy%40gmail.com
>
> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform
> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and
> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT
> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.
>
> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors
> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth,
> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do
> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
>

-- 
Regards,

Mark Mwangi

markmwangi.me.ke
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/pipermail/kictanet/attachments/20130228/4ec87d1f/attachment.htm>