just because the trend is that early adopters pay with a quart of their blood for new products doesnt mean the same should happen here. . . .in this case the guys makin money are the foreign manufactures. . .if we could make majority of Nairobians the early adopters then the local industry wud get a boost and fuel further investment in the local industries. . . . INMHO. . . .. On 1/13/10, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 3:00 PM, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
7,700 is way too much for peeps. . . whtaever happened to the local initiative to assemble them locally?. . . .I agree, 2,000/- is workable for the box. . . .
Locally Assembled, like the "Nyayo Pioneer", you mean?
Discussions elsewhere suggest that some Kenyan folks did "reverse engineer" some STB technology and intend to produce them locally. Do you really want to wait till that is formalized? Early adopters always have to pay a fortune. Prices will come down once the "Digital Inc" have made their profits!
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