I believe all these tools that people use like joomla plus all the other cms's are developed by "developers. The customizer is at the mercy of the developer so there is no way th developer is going any where.

On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 11:38 AM, matere lusitche <kenyabizideas@gmail.com> wrote:
sorry something i forgot skunkies must always prompt themself to laugh
aloud when an expert on the internet stands up to give a talk .as seen
on tec crunch stuff is comming up daily therefore its laughable to
expect the government to take a lead i would rather hear from a 21 yr
old collage student.unfortunatly nairobery stiffles creativity our
vijana are so desparate seeking doh they cant be as playful as the
inventors of google,facebook n ali baba were a decade ago

On 9/27/09, Gakuru Alex <alexgakuru.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
> The point I was making is that the government knows (and knew in 2005)
> about FOSS benefits but why does it continues purchasing proprietary
> almost entirely? Do not conveniently 'blame politicians' blame Kenya's
> matured corruption infrastructure. Why are $$ projects announced on
> media yet we never get to hear about their 'utilisation' on this list?
> Grand hope-full projects that will 'finally close local digital
> divides' but once their 'announcers' succeed at that PR affair, it is
> all eaten behind closed doors and the old  'lack of resources'
> problem touting returns?
>
> In fact,  at some high-level meetings I have attended it has been said
> that, Kenyan developers lack "proper skills"!! that you are 'lousy
> software developers' .. recently heard of the $3 to fix that? How is
> it being used to 'fix you lousy skills' ;). Let's face it, corruption
> in Kenya stinks.
>
> On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Gakuru Alex <alexgakuru.lists@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> 2.12 ICT LEADERSHIP
>>
>> There is need for sustained high level ICT leadership and championship at
>> national level to provide oversight, inspiration and political goodwill.
>> Effective leadership should facilitate the mobilization of resources
>> needed to
>> develop an ICT environment that is conducive to investments in the
>> country.
>>
>> 3.3.1 Information Technology Infrastructure
>>
>> The Government will encourage the growth of local software industry by
>> increasing awareness among stakeholders of the opportunities offered by
>> different software models, including proprietary, open-source and free
>> software in order to increase competition, access, diversity of choice and
>> to
>> enable users to develop solutions.
>>
>> www.cck.go.ke/UserFiles/File/national_ict_policy.pdf
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 2:30 AM, Philip Njenga <njengaphilip@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> "i blame it on politicians .we are all battered wives that stay on
>>> because of the children .why do we go ask for ile spare fake ya bei ya
>>> mwanainchi.everyone uses pirate windows and is harrassed by
>>> makanga.sorry for the rant n rave i am kenyan"
>>>
>>> Lots of truth compressed in a few words.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 8:21 PM, matere lusitche
>>> <kenyabizideas@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> i blame it on politicians .we are all battered wives that stay on
>>>> because of the children .why do we go ask for ile spare fake ya bei ya
>>>> mwanainchi.everyone uses pirate windows and is harrassed by
>>>> makanga.sorry for the rant n rave i am kenyan
>>>>
>>>> On 9/26/09, Gakuru Alex <alexgakuru.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> > On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 2:23 PM, muite nicholas
>>>> > <nmuite@googlemail.com>
>>>> > wrote:
>>>> >> quite a good thread discussion here. I only have one issue, Why
>>>> >> aren't
>>>> >> Kenyans appreciating open source software?
>>>> >
>>>> > Kaltura Innovation!  - "The only Open Source Online Video Platform"
>>>> > http://corp.kaltura.com/
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