<div dir="ltr"><div><div></div>So impressed that our President is determined to provide laptops to our children. I however hope that yesterday's state house function was just a "normal" pitch by Micro$oft. As a country we would be going down the slippery path, technologically, if we chose to cage ourself in proprietary systems, while the rest of the world is going open source. <br>
<br></div>We must get it right, right from the beginning!<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 10:20 PM, Kivuva <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Kivuva@transworldafrica.com" target="_blank">Kivuva@transworldafrica.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Is there anybody naive enough to believe Micro$oft is Robinhood?<br>
<br>
Micro$oft will continue to laugh all the way to the bank, as we debate<br>
merits of what platform to adopt. Anybody ever heard of Economic Hit<br>
Men (EHM)! I can assure you, we have been hit.<br>
<br>
Let's not forget that M$ is not evil. They are just trying as hard as<br>
everybody else to remain relevant in the hard economic times, and pay<br>
their shareholders. But should we do it with our blood?<br>
<br>
How many new computers are sold with proprietary M$ software in Kenya?<br>
How much of that hard earned capital could go into better use, like<br>
pay our MPs? ;-)<br>
<br>
Why have established and developed economies seen the need to move<br>
from propietary software to FOSS, to the extend of legislating in<br>
parliament?<br>
<br>
How comes the Open Source community was caught napping? How was M$<br>
able to pull the carpet under them?<br>
<br>
Probably it's time to occupy Ministry of Education and Ministry of<br>
Information and let Kenyans know the merits and de-merits of the<br>
government position to partner with Micro$oft.<br>
<br>
Have you ever tried to change a company who's employees were weaned<br>
with M$ and ICDL to FOSS? You will see Organisational behavour<br>
resistance to change at it's best.<br>
<br>
Remember "The foundation of a strong economy don't rest alone on the<br>
decision of Chancellors or the spending programs of government" -<br>
George Osborne<br>
.<br>
<br>
PS. Lets not forget Dr. Ndemo has a job to protect government position<br>
and interests. As articulate and convincing as he is, the government<br>
has got this all wrong.<br>
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Mwendwa Kivuva<br>
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On 04/06/2013, <a href="mailto:dmakali@yahoo.com">dmakali@yahoo.com</a> <<a href="mailto:dmakali@yahoo.com">dmakali@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> On that note, and considering that the cabinet slots have all now been<br>
> filled, may be the jubilee admin should consider dr ndemo to head this konza<br>
> technology park so that he steers the ambitious idea to the next level and<br>
> takes this laptops idea forward, my reservations being noted.<br>
> Or?<br>
><br>
> Sent from my BlackBerry®<br>
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> Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 20:18:47<br>
> To: <<a href="mailto:dmakali@yahoo.com">dmakali@yahoo.com</a>><br>
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>>;<br>
> <a href="mailto:isoc@orion.my.co.ke">isoc@orion.my.co.ke</a><<a href="mailto:isoc@orion.my.co.ke">isoc@orion.my.co.ke</a>><br>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] President Kenyatta secures Microsoft support for<br>
> computers<br>
><br>
> Barrack,<br>
> As I promised, Prof. Godia accepted to respond to your questions on<br>
> Kicktanet. You will need to fix e-mail, <a href="mailto:godiaes@yahoo.com">godiaes@yahoo.com</a> into the<br>
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> I attended the State House function and Microsoft agreed to do the<br>
> following:<br>
><br>
> 1. Work with different partners to Train ALL Primary School Teachers<br>
> computers (more than 260,000) to enable them implement computer to schools<br>
> programme by January. They are ready to start as soon as the Government<br>
> of Kenya gives the go-ahead to start the programme at County level;<br>
> 2. Work with different partners to develop and train at least five<br>
> enterprises in each County to provide technical support in Hardware,<br>
> Connectivity and Software to all schools within each County; and<br>
> 3. Develop a research and innovation hub at Konza Technology Park to<br>
> support software developers in the region.<br>
> 4. Work with other Hardware manufacturers to develop a sustainable model<br>
> that includes local assembly of computers as well as local software and<br>
> content development that can be replicated in other African countries<br>
><br>
> This will go a long way in realzing our President's commitment to<br>
> achieving his promises to the Kenyan people.<br>
><br>
> Regards<br>
><br>
><br>
> Ndemo.<br>
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>> Walu,<br>
>><br>
>> I think its time we focused on other issues, seems this project is a<br>
>> foregone conclusion. We will take stock in 2017.<br>
>><br>
>> Best Regards<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 2:59 PM, Walubengo J <<a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com">jwalu@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> Whao!<br>
>>><br>
>>> When I grow up, I want to work for M$oft :-)<br>
>>><br>
>>> Sounds like they are concluding the deal to be on 1million laptops next<br>
>>> year - as we are busy tweeting on what Software is relevant for pupils<br>
>>> in<br>
>>> Standard one. Read on<br>
>>> @<br>
>>> <a href="http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Uhuru-secures-Microsoft-support-for-computers/-/1056/1871904/-/7i517tz/-/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Uhuru-secures-Microsoft-support-for-computers/-/1056/1871904/-/7i517tz/-/index.html</a><br>
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