You bring an interesting dimension to the debate Mich, i agree with your perspective as well.<div><br></div><div>Best Regards</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 9:59 AM, Michuki Mwangi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michuki@swiftkenya.com">michuki@swiftkenya.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">@Aki,<br>
<br>
Am going to play the devils advocate here :).<br>
<div class="im"><br>
On 7/5/11 7:51 AM, aki wrote:<br>
><br>
> Why would the govt promote cloud computing as a national importance when<br>
> they gave out the digitization project to Google? Our data now sits on<br>
> Google servers!<br>
><br>
<br>
</div>Why not?.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
<br>
> I believe that those interested in cloud services should shun these<br>
> until the govt leads on such,<br>
<br>
</div>Please tell me is there any local company in Kenya that can provide<br>
services that can compete or match Google's cloud services?.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> I also think that before we proceed on any further discussions, we need<br>
> to know why the Govt choose Google as the cloud service.<br>
><br>
<br>
</div>Maybe we should compare it to this. Why is the Govt going for VW Passats<br>
yet we have the Nyayo Pioneer car idling somewhere or am i mistaken?.<br>
<br>
<br>
But on a more serious note - has anyone build an infrastructure here and<br>
am not talking about a Data Center with all the bells and whistles. Am<br>
talking about a service framework that is scalable and robust enough to<br>
make the GoK think twice about giving their services to that provider?.<br>
Here am not talking about the scale of Google am talking small enough to<br>
handle GoK but scalable to handle all of E.A Govts and more without<br>
breaking.<br>
<br>
We are lacking in many extends from both technical expertise (and am<br>
sure many folks will differ with me on this one) and more driven by the<br>
$ than by the technology to care to know how to build it all together.<br>
<br>
We have been quick to say that why reinvent the wheel in so many of the<br>
forums here (including myself). However, the downside of not reinventing<br>
the wheel is we take the wheel and use it without understanding why it<br>
was built that way - we just know that we need it and we use it (see<br>
Joomla discussion).<br>
<br>
In conclusion, we have quickly to making revenues from a technology we<br>
barely understand. As a result, those who understand it better will<br>
always outcompete the rest of us.<br>
<br>
If you think about it - long before there was cloud folks had something<br>
called rocketmail and hotmail. Then came yahoo and even then their<br>
business model was a mystery to many in actual sense online advertising<br>
was still a distant concept in 1997 - 2000. But see what they lead to<br>
today. So basically they made the wheel and improved on the wheel and<br>
now its no longer a wheel but a mirage of a wheel.<br>
<br>
My 2 cents.<br>
<br>
Michuki.<br>
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