2009/11/19 aki
<aki275@googlemail.com>
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Rad!
<conradakunga@gmail.com> wrote:
As for banning freeware platforms I 1000% completely disagree with you. Freeware and commercial paid for platforms can and have always co-existed. If you are working on a non free platform the onus is on you to provide more value than the freeware
@Rad, trust me we need a serious shakeup on these. I'd want to be proud of 100% local produced code and apps but with freeware still out there, we cannot achieve anything
Guys I'm also concerned about these laws very much, although I'm not a code guy. There is a need to make the state apparatus realize that developing local ideas to compete with the global ideas, can place Kenya on the creative and innovative map.
Take this example, I just have not the time to go deeper and check : Kenyan Schools E-Cirriculum. What software is being used? Whether proprietory or open source, they defeat the entire purpose of software development. Is the code local?
Although un-related, but important too.I'm just coming from a KIE sponsored Adult Education Teachers curriculum development meeting and from the rich presentation, there was a talk of integrating ICT in the adult education system. We were, however, not discussing whether to go open source or proprietory, because, it was not the right issue at the time. But opportunities are there to making the education sector technological based as opposed to book based.
Me thots ( remember, am still on L plates.... )
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