On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Steve Obbayi <steve@sobbayi.com> wrote:

This is where the whole security mess that's evident from so many Kenyan websites and software system all together. We have devs... oops sorry
I mean business men opportunists who think its fare game going to google and downloading open source software and dishing it out to clients to make a quick buck. This is just a get rich quick scheme and nothing more.

Our devs dont understand how the internals of the open source code that they sell to clients really works... well... as long as it "works" everybody's happy. Unfortunately it has to take a hacker to reveal the true mess. It is unacceptable to has site like KNEC being run as they are and the likes if Nairobi Uni, Kenyatta Uni. This is a shame and its appalling how our IT gurus are content with that.

Perhaps the problem is with what and how it is being taught in the universities ? (i.e. learn by rote )

i was involved in interviews for some positions recently ... and I would say most university leavers end up doing the same project: "attendance management system" or "cafeteria management system" ... its only a few who have taken some personal initiative to do something interesting. its got nothing to do with open source or commercial software or any ideology of any kind.