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Re: [Skunkworks] COPY OF QUICKBOOKS 2009
by charles mtawali 21 Apr '09

21 Apr '09

Can anyone make me a copy of Quickbooks 2009 ??

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KPLC selling excess fiber
by David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd 20 Apr '09

20 Apr '09

KPLC has placed an ad inviting bidders to purchase dark fiber capacity covering over 1500 KM linking various towns. There is a Chinese curse that says "May you live in interesting times" For those who haven't seen it find it attached. Cheers Kiania -- [Asentric Consulting Ltd] If a man has in himself the soul of a slave will he not become one no matter what his birth .... -Richest Man in Babylon

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Is there a meeting tomorrow ??
by ndungu stephen 20 Apr '09

20 Apr '09

Hallo Moderators, I have not heard of any skunkworks meeting for tomorrow,, is there a meeting tomorrow - Tuesday ??? Venue ? Time ?? w/r

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Oracle acquires Sun
by Christopher Kiagiri 20 Apr '09

20 Apr '09

M&A is the name of the game ... http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/technology/companies/21sun.html?_r=1&ref=… Oracle Agrees to Acquire Sun By ASHLEE VANCE Published: April 20, 2009 The Oracle Corporation, the technology information company, announced Monday that it would acquire a rival, Sun Microsystems, for $9.50 a share, which would value the transition at $7.4 billion. The deal with Oracle came about two weeks after I.B.M. ended its talks with Sun. The Sun board balked at that deal after I.B.M. lowered its offer to $9.40 a share from $10. Still, Monday’s deal represented a 42 percent premium over Sun’s closing price of $6.69 on Friday. Oracle and Sun said in a statement that net of Sun’s cash and debt, the deal was valued at $5.6 billion. Sun’s directors have unanimously approved the transaction. It is anticipated to close this summer, subject to Sun stockholder approval, certain regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions, the companies said in a statement. Oracle said it expected the purchase to add at least 15 cents a share to its adjusted earnings in the first year after the deal closes. The company also estimated that Sun would contribute more than $1.5 billion to Oracle’s adjusted profit in the first year and more than $2 billion in the second year. Sun shares rose as high as $9.20 in premarket trading after closing Friday at $6.69, while Oracle shares fell as low as $18.34 after closing Friday at $19.06. A Oracle-Sun deal disrupts the traditional relationships formed between some of the technology industry’s largest players. Oracle, for example, has long-standing partnerships with Sun’s rivals, including Hewlett-Packard and Dell. These sellers of server computers work to fine tune Oracle’s database and business software for their computers. I.B.M., which competes against Oracle in the software market, also comes under new threats with the deal. For years, I.B.M. has used it homemade servers as leverage for selling higher-profit database and business software. With Sun, Oracle opens up the same opportunity and gains access to thousands of existing Sun customers. In addition, Oracle has now obtained the MySQL database, which Sun acquired last year for $1 billion. The open-source software has proved popular with companies looking to expand their Internet operations. Last year, Oracle began a flirtation with the hardware market. It started reselling a server computer from H.P. that relied on its software for managing and analyzing large volumes of data.

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ecommerce site saperion backend required
by thea maina 20 Apr '09

20 Apr '09

Hi guys, I need an ecommerce site urgently that works from an already impemented Saperion(R) backend. If you are a super-programmer in Visual Studio, APSX, AJAX, PHP, lets talk urgently. Good money for this project -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Thea Maina Nairobi Kenya http://www.mafans.com skype: thea.mnairobi

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Work for Java (or modern language) programmer with Accounting background
by wesley kiriinya 20 Apr '09

20 Apr '09

A friend would like an accounting system he currently has to be converted to a modern programming language. I suggested Java. If you are interested please send me (off the list) a profile of software you have worked on and your experience with Accounting. If you do not have an accounting background then you need to work with someone who does. The accounting software is customized to their business so he would rather not use existing generic accounting programs. 8~)

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Social identities
by jude mwenda 20 Apr '09

20 Apr '09

some time back people on this mailing list spoke of managing online identities.. i stumbled upon this interesting web and mobile app. http://www.mynameise.com -- Regards Jude Mwenda "Was ist mein Leben, wenn ich nicht mehr nützlich für andere." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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SHARING A USB PRINTER FROM UBUNTU HARDY
by Roy Ashoya 20 Apr '09

20 Apr '09

Hi all, anyone managed to share a usb HP_LaserJet_1020 printer on ubuntu hardy (8.04) on a lan? i have tried reading as much doc's with no success. Actually, the printer works fine on one machine(Hardy), but when i share the printer to be accessed by other Hardy clients on the lan.....the printing from these clients tends to "freeze/hang" and does not print. I have tried using the different protocols (ipp, HP Direct, Samba) without success. Anyone who's got this working or with any tricks under the sleeves that might solve this nightmare? I'd appreciate.

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mobile computing
by imelda Mueni 20 Apr '09

20 Apr '09

good people am looking for a college where i can do mobile computing ( mobile applications),within nairobi town u can mention the rates if you know too. thanks

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How to best caputre phone application in action
by Mbugua Njihia 20 Apr '09

20 Apr '09

Anyone tried recording a mobile phone application walkthrough with a video camera?

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