[kictanet] Taifa Laptop

Thu Aug 25 18:11:11 EAT 2016

I understand that after some few months the screen fails

On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 4:17 PM, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> 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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