[kictanet] Taifa Laptop

[Odhiambo Washington]

I hear the "special software" is MS Office Students Edition. How that is
perceived to be better than the FOSS versions beats me. Given that MS
Office is a MS Windows-based suite, it therefore means Taifa Laptop runs
some version of Windows.
I believe the students can get very good hardware for that price and run
FOSS software on them (something like Edubuntu) and that will be much more
value for money than Taifa. But perhaps KU wants their ROI from the
assembly plant and what other way to get that than force their product down
the throat of the students?

On 25 August 2016 at 16:04, waudo siganga via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> The "special software" narrative just sounds rhetorical. What is so
> special about a software that it can only run on a particular type of
> laptop? What OS are they using?
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2016, at 03:10 PM, Gakiria via kictanet wrote:
>
> All i know is that parents are being forced to buy Taifa Laptop because it
> has "special software" designed to assist students in their learning
> process....
>
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 12:10 PM, Musya Michael via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
> Anyone using this laptop? Experiences so far?
>
> http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2016/08/22/parents-protest-
> jkuats-imposition-of-taifa-laptops-on-students_c1407693
>
>
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