Stephen, if I were them I'd use words like Kenyan Search Engine, built on the power of eg Google etc. No one really cares about the frameworks used and would be ideally questioned on further development they did on it eg improvements or localization. That would be the innovative/improvement factor, especially for a search engine. What is Kenyan about a Kenyan Search Engine? However, when they use words alone and in the case of a search engine development, within the tech community you and me want to shake their hands and congratulate them on their success because now as Kenya we have just excelled in a certain speciality field. Lakini wapi, if guys cannot shoot straight answers to simply questions then we are in trouble. Did they ever expect a tech person to query them? I dont think so. It may look like we are being judgemental but it is necessary to put pressure on genuine innovation and the rest. As an example look at Ushaidi, which is built on many frameworks. No one cares about the framework nor talks about it yet it is the innovative implemetation that they did which makes all the difference. Me thots and corrections welcome. :-) On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Stephen Ndungu <ndungustephen@gmail.com> wrote:
@Aki
I wanted to point out the separation between "businessmen" and inventors...
The idea of the guys passing themselves as "inventors" is puzzling to me and misleading...
Then I thought about what you have written - and it occured to me - mabbe passing themselves as "Kenyan search engine inventors" bears more marketing clout than just another downloaded clone...
Mabbe they figured it wil attract the pride of east Africans and thus local market investors ??
It is not a good idea; because shud they become a success, and the truth is exposed; and if their investors care about originality cos of cutbacks to the owners of the code - that won't end up good.
What are your thots ??