[kictanet] Taifa Laptop

Thu Aug 25 16:17:32 EAT 2016

First Safaricom. Then KQ. Now JKUAT.

Seems diversification of business is an official trend :D

On 25 Aug 2016 4:10 p.m., "Odhiambo Washington via kictanet" <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> 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-jk
>> uats-imposition-of-taifa-laptops-on-students_c1407693
>>
>>
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