On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 11:53 AM, aki
<aki275@gmail.com> wrote:
@Collins, because not matter what the invention, it will always have limitations to what it can do.
EXACTLY! which means innovation in this respect would be working with what is there, not creating from scratch. Mkahawa guys have provided a solution to a problem, a linux cuber cafe timer, they did not go start from scratch, they picked the best the open source world could give them and refined. Same as those many guys utilizing drupal, or ubuntu, or openbravo, or sugar CRM and inevitably contributing man hours into this. Are we forgetting the likes of Kasina & eric who are contributing to the open source world? (or are they not Kenyan enough?)
Since you are into the power sector, I have a question for you. Have you ever generated your own AC power using 12 or 24Volt? The engine is the invertor, right? I have and and I can tell you I build invertors from scratch including the tranformers. Not I did not buy a kit and assemble it! I actually had to calculate the drain currents on the power mosfets, create the oscillator circuits with timer chips to generate the almost square waves and also wind the transformer. This was many years ago when a 1KA invertor cost around 90-100Ksh. I used to power my basic needs when KPLC was the parafin lamp company during the drought years.
Nice, hobbyst at best. Unless you can tell me how these self wired applications can meet anything but a personal sense of fullfillment, they have no real world applicability, cant compete in the face of chinese competition. at least not an approach like that. My beliefs in the energy sector are very public, we need cheap energy, period. all the other concerns (global warming, environmental effects of this ...e.t.c pale in comparison.
There are many other projects I've done ( not as hobbies but invested money, time and efforts into. Made some and lost some too ).
Most of the Apps are really just a necessity, question is can you build and make it work for you and others? This Dev industry is sooo easy in terms on investments. You can grow from no where to some where without having spent more than 100K on your laptop, if you really wanted to. Try all the other industries/careers, without large investments, you can do nothing.
Ask the RHL admins on this list if they have a commercial server at home for development enviroments....
Guys give me a break and let me do my other stuff. Catch up later.
Rgds.
On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 11:33 AM, [ Brainiac ]
<arebacollins@gmail.com> wrote:
aki that brings me back to the fundamental question. WHY? why re invent?
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