You do agree with me that you will not be able to offer MediaWiki as an export product from Konza, right? So in many ways FOSSists motto and use of FOSS is really something that places you under the category of being a consumer. All that you do is use the available software as an end to a means, and this is where my problem starts with the whole thing. Personally, I'd never engage technologists who are consumers of software not because they are not smart, they are just a bunch of consumers.

Does the issue of who is smarter even come into the equation? Not really. The real issue here is no different from say local sugar production and imports. They are those who believe local sugar production is not competitive and see potential in the imports business because all you need is the capital to import, get it delivered and make the quick money. No farm machinery, no land, no farmers, no production facilities. However, at the same time an entire sugar belt region where literally thousands of families depend on local production face uncertainty each year because of the import factors. If we wanted imports not to succeed, all we have to do is stop taking imported sugar. This will not happen, as consumers many will not even think about what's happening, as long as the facility or products exist. In future say goodbye to local production and welcome imports because other nations have put in serious planning into becoming sugar exporters.

On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 4:37 AM, stephen wanjau <wanjaustev@gmail.com> wrote:

Probably I could have said moving into using open source OS;)

Otherwise it is good to see varied opinions.

//Stephen.

On 2/17/12, aki <aki275@gmail.com> wrote:
> @Wanjau,
>
> I'd like you to do me one favour and go into discussion. In a few years
> time hopefully, KE will have its own Tech City or Areas and I'd like you as
> a FOSSist to take your MediaWiki and establish a tech software company that
> will be based in e.g Konza. The MediaWiki will say be an export item that
> your tech company offers. MediaWiki is downloadable by anyone across the
> world on the FOSS basis, right? I know Open Source rocks, so how would you
> offer MediaWiki to the world?
>
> Rgds.
>