Kebs targets makers of software with quality rules
BD article today.... http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Company%20Industry/-/539550/688040/-/item... *This is what got me thinking :* "The Kenya ICT Board is also working on a certification programme that will *regulate* the theoretical and practical aspects of writing and executing software codes." Anyone know what the above is about? And can ICT, KEBS board also ensure that all FREEWARE platforms are banned from kenyan networks, PLEASE !!! It will kill all local software initiatives. I'll check more and share me thots a bit later. :-) Rgds.
News to me as well. I will see what I can find out from KEBS about this as this is the first I'm hearing about it. 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 On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 4:35 PM, aki <aki275@googlemail.com> wrote:
BD article today.... http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Company%20Industry/-/539550/688040/-/item...
*This is what got me thinking :*
"The Kenya ICT Board is also working on a certification programme that will *regulate* the theoretical and practical aspects of writing and executing software codes."
Anyone know what the above is about?
And can ICT, KEBS board also ensure that all FREEWARE platforms are banned from kenyan networks, PLEASE !!! It will kill all local software initiatives.
I'll check more and share me thots a bit later. :-)
Rgds.
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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 What is of grand interest is how the definitions of Kebs and ICT board will work with already existing libraries of code that can be inserted into KE apps. Does it become self defeating? If ICT Board & KEBS gets it right, they will have laid the foundations for serious coders and app developes to go into action. I think they both have the chance to make it right for kenyans. 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? Me thots ( remember, am still on L plates.... )
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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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Generally, there is a lot to be done to convince KEBS and maybe ICT Board, that a fully supporting local ideas, will improve on the social lifestyles of Kenya. Entreprenuerial developement is not preferred because the systme around here, chose white collar jobs and such. My 30 cents! -- Solomon Mburu Kamau P.O. Box 19343 - 00202 Nairobi Cell: (+254-0) 735 431041 Man is a gregarious animal and enjoys agreement as cows will graze all the same way to the side of a hill! AND It is better to die in dignity than in the ignomity of ambiguous generosity! http://dawn-in-kenya.blogspot.com http://smiley2.wordpress.com http://mburu.sikika.co.ke Sent from Nairobi, Kenya
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 1:35 PM, aki <aki275@googlemail.com> wrote:
BD article today.... http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Company%20Industry/-/539550/688040/-/item...
*This is what got me thinking :*
"The Kenya ICT Board is also working on a certification programme that will *regulate* the theoretical and practical aspects of writing and executing software codes."
"Last month, ICT board chairman Paul Kukubo proposed that an international academic institution or standards body be hired to develop and implement a software developer certification programme for Kenya." Dont such benchmarks / standards / certifications already exist ? ISO / BVQI / microsoft / oracle / linux etc. certificaitons ? If you want to target an export market any of these would suffice ....
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