Message: 1
Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2011 12:18:17 +0300
From: Michuki Mwangi <michuki@swiftkenya.com>
To: Skunkworks forum <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke>
Subject: [Skunkworks] Looking for high performance indoor AP's to
       lease for       temp period
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Hi Folks,

Anyone with spare Cisco 1100/1200 or Proxim/Orinoco AP8000 with dual
radios (2.4GHz and 5.8GHz) am looking for a good number of them anywhere
for 10 onwards to lease for a temp period.

If you have an alternative vendors features am looking for are

1) Vlan Support in bridge mode
2) IPv6 enabled
3) Dual radios (2.4GHz and 5.8Ghz)
4) Power over Ethernet
5) Remote management over SNMP, SSH, sylog

Please contact me offlist. Referrals are also welcome.

Thanks,

Michuki.


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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2011 08:38:59 +0300
From: Samuel Mbugua <samuel.mbugua@gmail.com>
To: Skunkworks Mailing List <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke>
Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] If Nokia Valued The African Consumer, Why
       Launch Dumb Phones Here?
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Clearly this topic engenders quite a bit of emotion.

Nokia have always adopted a pretty wide marketing approach when it comes to
the market. And the decisions they make are based on numbers on the ground.
So it's all well and good to argue passionately about having 'dumb' phones
pushed to 'ignorant' Africans. The fact remains however that there is a
demand for such devices and Nokia has positioned themselves to address this
demand.

On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 6:17 PM, solomon kariri <solomonkariri@gmail.com>wrote:

> We are ranting about decisions made by foreign firms that are just
> doing what nokia research africa told them is the best model for the
> time. so the problem back fires on our description of what is best for
> us.
>
> On 03/09/2011, James Nzomo <kazikubwa@gmail.com> wrote:
> > "So? We are suppose to celebrate for that? They should have been
> > manufactured here then."
> > Our nation is currently incapable of large scale manufacturing to the
> > desired scale...until the following conditions are met:-
> >
> >    - CHEAP CONSTANT RELIABLE power supply (currently only nuclear power
> and
> >    a *COMPETENT KPLC* can do this )
> >    - Initiation of education programs to foster a new generation
> >    of engineers - from an early age.
> >    - Hi speed - reliable - mass transport (e.g. bullet trains) to take
> the
> >    workforce to where they are most productive
> >    - 50% representation in parliament by scientists & engineers (very
> very
> >    remote possibility this...but still possible)
> >
> > After that we can start planning on the kind of industrialization
> > that allows for mass manufacture locally
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> >
> > *Good judgement comes from Experience.*
> > *Most Experience comes from Bad Judgement
> > *
> > _______________________________________________
> > *
> >
> > *
> >
> >
> >
> > 2011/9/3 Maux <mauxdatabase@gmail.com>
> >
> >> Wow last time I checked Nokia has the widest range of phones of any
> >> manufacturer out there. I think the 100,101 are targeting a specific
> >> market
> >> niche that they have identified. I am sure they have an IDEOS killer in
> >> the
> >> works which will probably be based on Symbian Anna.
> >>
> >> Don't forget they have tonnes of Kenyan apps in the ovi store...
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 3:48 PM, John Doe <fivepings@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Lest my statements be taken out of context, let me add a few rejoiners
> >>> here.
> >>>
> >>> The argument as to whether 70% of kenya can afford smartphones or not
> or
> >>> whether someone who's monthly budget is ksh4,000 will choose to allow
> his
> >>> son to utilize 10% of it streaming porn or the latest Fally Ipupa video
> >>> is
> >>> one I choose not to go into today.  Let's save it for another day, or
> >>> better
> >>> yet, let the facts speak for themselves.
> >>>
> >>> I do not mean to say that people in the rural areas have no use for the
> >>> internet, I mean to say there is little content on the net that is
> >>> directly
> >>> relevant for folks in rural Africa. Sure there are folks like Mwangi's
> >>> old
> >>> man and apps like mfarm and medkenya but these are the exception, not
> the
> >>> rule. If saying this makes me patronising,then I am patronising.
> >>>
> >>> Now, the heart of the matter is, Nokia looked at the facts and decided
> to
> >>> launch 'cheap' dumb phones.= dumb strategy in my opinion, and going
> back
> >>> to
> >>> my earlier comparison with google, google looked at the facts and
> decided
> >>> to
> >>> partner with the local organisations to improve access to affordable
> >>> internet and develop relevant content. Their business case being that
> >>> once
> >>> these unreached people come online, the payoff will be worth the
> >>> investment,
> >>> = smart strategy in my opinion. Now expecting Nokia to do the same just
> >>> because we happen to live in Africa is naive in my opinion. Almost like
> >>> subconciously expecting some sort of affirmative action. After all, we
> >>> have
> >>> so many options in the market now. Nokia is here to make money, so is
> >>> google
> >>> and any other company for that matter. How they choose to do it is what
> >>> makes some companies great and some not so great.
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 1:35 PM, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I find it quite condescending and patronizing to assume a forty year
> >>>> old farmer who has not used a smartphone before has no possible use
> >>>> for it.
> >>>>
> >>>> My old man uses a GPS phone to calculate rough acreage of a Shamba he
> >>>> has been Contracted to farm or bale hay or whatever. He cares not if
> >>>> it is running android or symbian but it solves a real problem. He had
> >>>> issues with losing contacts or running out of space to store numbers.
> >>>> Now they back up online. How it happens is irrelevant to him, but he
> >>>> is happier and more productive as a result.
> >>>>
> >>>> Twinsims are not new tech but it is possible it is true they were
> >>>> refining their tech to serve rural folk. The problem is the sweeping
> >>>> statements of Kenyans being dirt poor and Nokia being the saviour it
> >>>> is has swooped in to save the situation.
> >>>>
> >>>> That being said am sure they have done their research and know exactly
> >>>> what they are doing.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On 9/3/11, Rad! <conradakunga@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>> > Folks, not everyone surfs facebook and uses twitter and reads blogs
> on
> >>>> their
> >>>> > phones! Disabuse yourselves of the notion that the usage of mobile
> >>>> telephony
> >>>> > in the yuppie generation is representative of the masses!
> >>>> >
> >>>> > Go up country and find out what folks there are using their phones
> >>>> > for.
> >>>> > Calls. SMS. MPesa.
> >>>> >
> >>>> > This is a HUGE market with unique needs.
> >>>> >
> >>>> > In fact if i were Nokia i would stop fooling around with half baked
> >>>> > smartphones and concentrate entirely on this sector.
> >>>> >
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Regards,
> >>>>
> >>>> Mark Mwangi
> >>>>
> >>>> http://mwangy.posterous.com
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2011 09:58:22 +0300
From: Memusi <tonatech@gmail.com>
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Subject: [Skunkworks] INTERNET OPTIONS PROXY CHANGE BATCH FILE
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Hello Skunks!

Hello who can assist with a .bat file for proxy auto change for ie 7.0.?

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Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2011 11:12:11 +0300
From: Simon Mbuthia <simon.mbuthia@gmail.com>
To: Skunkworks Mailing List <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke>
Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] INTERNET OPTIONS PROXY CHANGE BATCH FILE
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Hi Memusi,

I'm not sure whether this will help, but there is a command that you can use
to configure the system proxy, which is proxycfg. Type proxycfg -? in your
console for more info.



On 5 September 2011 09:58, Memusi <tonatech@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Skunks!
>
> Hello who can assist with a .bat file for proxy auto change for ie 7.0.?
>
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>
> Memusi
>
> Communication is vital in this century....
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