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Fwd: [ke-internetusers] your opportunity own a laptop, , interest-free government facilitated loan
by Gakuru Alex 23 Jul '09

23 Jul '09

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Alex Gakuru <gakuru(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 8:26 AM Subject: [ke-internetusers] your opportunity own a laptop, , interest-free government facilitated loan To: ke-users <ke-internetusers(a)bdix.net> Folks, I was at this meeting- a very good initiative. Proposed loan maximum 50,000/=. I requested that they be supplied unbundled - i.e. without Operating System or other software. Microsoft Windows costs 10,000/= Microsoft Office 17,000/= total cost 27,000/= (more than half the loan amount!!). That would mean that you would have to buy a low-spec laptop to accommodate proprietary software costs within 50K limit. Costs that would be done away with thus enable owners get highest specs laptops, if choose FOSS operating systems (such as www.ubuntu.com, www.pcbsd.org (Ken Kasina developed installer!!), www.fedoraproject.org, en.opensuse.org, www.redhat.com, etc). that all come with free OpenOffice. Give local IT youths installation contracts for these and MORE FOSS applicatications, at, say, 7,000/= per laptop. 1 million x 7,000 =????? :) talk about national software cost savings, youth empowerment, promoting local innovation, and taxes retentions... Obviously, not to exclude them, Microsoft are entitle to pitch sales too,, we see which makes business and national sense? Companies, organisations, associations can also get the interest-free the laptops loans for their employees, staff, members. Will keep you updated as events unfold. Enjoy, Alex ----- [Business Daily] State to guarantee loans for laptops By Okuttah Mark Thursday, July 23 2009 Organisations or individuals seeking to take advantage of this year’s budget stimulus package on laptops are free to negotiate with any banking institution, computer vendors or the telecommunication companies. This follows the announcement by the government through the Permanent Secretary for Information, Dr Bitange Ndemo. that the government will only facilitate the process but the negotiations will be done by interested parties on their own. The incentive was offered by Finance minister Uhuru Kenyatta during this year’s budget and aims at accelerating computer access in the country. In the one million computer campaign, the government will guarantee money borrowed either by individuals or organisations to buy the laptop between now and June, next year. The government will also pay the interest on the loan. ... http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Company%20Industry/-/539550/628254/-/u8x… _______________________________________________ ke-internetusers mailing list ke-internetusers(a)bdix.net http://www.bdix.net/mailman/listinfo/ke-internetusers

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Looking for a Dell Inspiron
by Alex Wanjohi 23 Jul '09

23 Jul '09

Anyone knows where I can get this, or close to it? - *Dell Inspiron 1545* - *core 2 Duo ~ 2GHZ* - *320 GB* - *4 GB* Thanks -Alex

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Voip Solution..
by Watson Kambo 23 Jul '09

23 Jul '09

Hello, Now that broad band is here, I have some few thoughts about communicating with my family, My Parents are in nyahururu, my brother is in Mombasa and am based in Nairobi. I was thinking skype, yahoo, due to the Video and Voice thing, my parents would def prefer this other than chat they do not know how to use, LOL, LMFAO Blah blah.. and again typing is not in them at all, but again if I go Skype then there will be a delay coz am thinking the traffic would be international ( I could be wrong) am thinking if I make a call it will go all the way to the USA and then back again so I have a couple of ms delay, so my question is is there any other solution you would advice one that would know the IP am calling is not very far? Am also thinking Video confrencing is much better than normal mobile phone call.... I know most of you might differ ... -- Watson wanjohi kambo

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Optics Fibre ugly under-belly revealed?
by Gakuru Alex 23 Jul '09

23 Jul '09

Hold your speeds horses... a disturbing paragraph on today's Business Daily. '...warned end users not to expect a massive price cuts but anticipate faster internet connection and bigger bandwidth capacity at current costs or slightly lower...satellite connectivity that charges them Sh399, 360 ($5,000) per megabyte per month, but this is expected to be reduced to Sh15,974 ($ 200) for the same capacity' http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/-/539552/627720/-/item/2/-/goopo/-/index… What's got into them? Reminded me of an old email (24 October, 2006) from 'prophetic' ( and very angry) consumer read, in part, "..there will be no such thing as cheaper technology in Kenya (everything new seems to cost more than the last piece of technology we had…) " Watchfully,,,

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If you thought the fiber landing was going to bring prices down, wait till you try recharging your Orange wireless Internet.
by Areba Collins 22 Jul '09

22 Jul '09

This is the rude shock i got when i tried to reload my Orange internet this evening. Hoping to get my 2000MB for Ksh 2000, here is what i got from the menu. 25-> 150 => Ksh 6 per MB 50 -> 250 => Ksh 5 per MB 100 -> 450 => Ksh 4.50 Per MB 250 -> 850 => Ksh 3.40 per MB 1000-> 2200 => Ksh 2.20 Per MB 2000 -> 3900=> Ksh 1.95 Per MB -- Its Possible! http://www.itspossible.afraha.com Collins Areba Omwoyo +254 735 824872 / +254 720 516758 arebacollins[at]gmail[dot]com

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If you thought the fiber landing was going to bring prices down, wait till you try recharging your Orange wireless Internet.
by Areba Collins 22 Jul '09

22 Jul '09

This is the rude shock i got when i tried to reload my Orange internet this evening. Hoping to get my 2000MB for Ksh 2000, here is what i got from the menu. 25-> 150 => Ksh 6 per MB 50 -> 250 => Ksh 5 per MB 100 -> 450 => Ksh 4.50 Per MB 250 -> 850 => Ksh 3.40 per MB 1000-> 2200 => Ksh 2.20 Per MB 2000 -> 3900=> Ksh 1.95 Per MB -- Its Possible! http://www.itspossible.afraha.com Collins Areba Omwoyo +254 735 824872 / +254 720 516758 arebacollins[at]gmail[dot]com

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Squid as a transparent proxy on windows
by Peter Nyakirungo 22 Jul '09

22 Jul '09

Hi all Please help me set squid NT as a transparent proxy on windows 2000 server . Such that i do not have to configure proxy settings for all clients machines Peter.

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HP COMPAQ ENTRY LEVEL DESKTOP -
by Alvin Jason Ochieng 22 Jul '09

22 Jul '09

New dx2390!! HP Compaq dx1000 MT Intel Dual Core E5200H (2.50-GHz, 2MB L2 cache, 800-MHz FSB), 1024MB (1x1GB) PC2-6400 Memory, 160GB SATA HDD, DVDRW, 22-in-1 Media Card Reader, NIC, FreeDos, 1-1-0 Year Warranty @ 29,750/= QTY Discount Available. KV087EA HP ProLiant ML350 G5 Intel Xeon E5405 Quad Core 2.0 GHz, 12MB L2 Cache, 1333-FSB, 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-5300 Fully Buffered DIMMs DDR2-667MHz Memory, DVD-RW Drive, 2x146GB SAS HDD, E200i-128MB BBWC, Mouse, Keyboard, Tower (5U) . 165,000/= NEGOTIABLE Regards, I do hope you find this information helpful. Should you require any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us. Alvin Ochieng Corporate Account Manager Greenline Technology Limited IT Hardware and Software Solutions 2nd Floor, Odyssey Plaza, Mukoma Road. Email :info@greenline.co.ke +254 20 651755 / 552086 +254 20 2425225 / 2429743 +254 20 559841 +254 722-219938/733-610758 Print only when necessary

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What happened to Nyaga Stock brokers? they promised to pay this year!
by peris wangui 22 Jul '09

22 Jul '09

*Hey all, Just following up on my mums shares that were illegally sold by Nyaga stock brokers just before they closed down. How long longer are we supposed to wait till they pay/refund the shares.... especially after filling all those claim forms and queuing for days! Anyone with an update on current developments???? Peris.*

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SA cell phone law- good or bad thing?
by Gituma Nturibi 22 Jul '09

22 Jul '09

As of the 1st of this month anybody buying a pre-paid line in South Africa will have to provide proof of address- even tourists buying one for the short stay. Existing subscribers will have to register too or risk disconnection but the deadline has not been set. They say it's to control organised crime and now your phone can be tapped if a court order is given. Opinion is divided but is this a good or bad thing? On the outside they look justified but it's can lead to invation of privacy. One of the selling points of prepaid is ease of connection and annonymity. Any plans for the same in Kenya, Maoni?

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