good advise. plus its high time patents are taken seriously in this country. lucas oketch Kevin Oeba <oeba.kevin@gmail.com> wrote: I wonder if the developer's reaction would have been the same if a 'small' mobile phone operator 'stole' the idea. Or better yet, if Safaricom 'stole' the idea when m-pesa users were about 5,000 ? Since the idea has been stolen, why not focus on improving your product ? do market research , add more features... On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 11:40 AM, Boniface <mboteb@gmail.com> wrote: Safaricom's response on the same page is very telling on the weaknesses developers have in sharing their ideas. As long as you are sharing an idea, I can recreate it in a different way and come up with a different idea. Sharing a product is however different. On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Antony Kimani <kimanianthoni@gmail.com> wrote: This is something that is not new and not unless as developers or ICT community look for a long term solution to this(queen bee) it shall continue to happen, just look at the history: MPESA PRSP - SEMATIME - where all their sms were blocked by safaricom EQUITY FAULU SEVEVSEAS MANYATTA RENT the list is endless. Antony..... On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Rad! <conradakunga@gmail.com> wrote: Out of a possible population of 7 billion + humans, it is naive to think your idea is unique. It is also naive to think Safaricom will only use MPesa to send money to your grandmother / family. Safaicom WILL take MPesa to its logical conclusion which is ubiquitous payments. On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Kevin Omondi <kevin.ouma@gmail.com> wrote: I do blame the guy. How in the world do you have conversations without an NDA in place. Regards Kevin Omondi On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Boniface <mboteb@gmail.com> wrote: Such stories have become common place. This is surely how to kill innovation. http://www.humanipo.com/news/30253/safaricom-stole-my-idea-claims-manyattare... _______________________________________________ skunkworks mailing list skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke _______________________________________________ skunkworks mailing list skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke _______________________________________________ skunkworks mailing list skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke _______________________________________________ skunkworks mailing list skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke _______________________________________________ skunkworks mailing list skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke