On 2/15/10, Lmwangi <
lmwangi@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 5:46 PM, Murigi Muraya
> <
mmskunkworks@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> We are not doing too well in raising funds to purchase a GOOD Skunkworks
>> Server & Accessories.
>>
>> We should be at the 250K mark by now & not at @ 29K only.
>>
>> Many (such as myself) want to be on the list to know what is going on in
>> the Kenyan tech scene.
>>
>> Am not a Skunkworks founder member but know it is only ethical to promote
>> initiatives one benefits from.
>>
>> Last week, I got to learn more about POS systems through this list.
>>
>> It costs money to advertise in the local dailies (and even on the web).
>>
>> It is not ethical to advertise here (sourcing for skills, insights,
>> employment or business) if you do not think it worth contributing for the
>> new Skunkworks Server.
>>
>> The current Skunkworks Server is in ICU - for those of you who do not
>> know.
>>
> It's bad! It's a P3 800mhz/512mb ram/xxx GB (with a flaky raid1 card) that
> two founding members bought 3 years ago. At that time, it was already old!
> It's going to go medieval on us very soon.
>
> *For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
> * *For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
> * *For want of a horse the rider was lost.
> * *For want of a rider the battle was lost.
> * *For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
> * *And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.*
>
>
>> Contributing knowledge ONLY will not help us purchase a new Server. We
>> need
>> cash!!
>>
>> If you cannot contribute cash now, pledge to contribute whenever you are
>> better off. Even if it is next year.
>>
>> If 500 of us had given KShs 500, raising 250K would not have been a
>> problem.
>>
>> We will need to generate income (annually) to maintain if not increase and
>> improve on the equipment.
>> (adding memory, hard drives etc)
>>
>> Those who pledged to contribute after the Server has been purchased are
>> not
>> helping us either.
>>
>> Am sure this initiative was named Skunkworks and not Skunktalks for some
>> reason ...
>>
>> _________
>>
>>
>> Anyway, read an interesting EU Feasibility Study about Setting up a
>> Platform for a Data (Info) Exchange for their Fruit / Vegetable Market.
>>
>> Some interesting comments in it that apply to us too. More on that later.
>>
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