[kictanet] Taifa Laptop

Thu Aug 25 19:43:01 EAT 2016

Problem is a lack of choice of device by new students of JKUAT as they get
compelled to buy the laptop.

No problem with buy Kenya

On Aug 25, 2016 19:36, "Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet" <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> I like the passion we are showing with the Taifa laptop.
>
> All we have been advocating here is for our people to be empowered, to
> have made in Kenya products. Create employment, reduce foreign trade
> deficit, and build the confidence of the nation. While in primary school
> ... many decades away ..., the Kofa (we could not afford Oxford)
> mathematical geometric set was written Shangai China. And since the Nacet
> razor blades and fake flower HB pencils were written "Made in China", I
> used to think Shangai was Chinese for "Made in".
>
> I digress. Now that we have a "Shangai Kenya" commercial laptop, I would
> expect we start by ululating, than give our suggestions on how the local
> products can be improved  to compete with the imports.
>
> There is nothing like perfection. Even VW, the ultimate perfectionists
> from Germany faked their car emission levels.
>
> Keep up JKUAT, and continue re-inventing your product. Remember Huawei and
> ZTE used to be the products not to buy. Not anymore.
>
> ______________________
> Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya
> twitter.com/lordmwesh
>
>
>
> On 25 August 2016 at 19:11, manasseh mwangi via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Michael Musya.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
>>>>> Philippians 4:13
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