On Friday 27 August 2004 09:41, Christopher Nambale wrote: > EASSY or something like that, a consortium of Telco operators in EA has > been formed to fund and organize for the deployment of the same. I think > they are still hammering out the details, however those in the know > claim that when that length of fibre is ordered it takes years for the > manufacturers to deliver and then there is the bit about laying it.
But the last I heard was that SAT-3 was hovering somewhere on the Mombasa coast, and what was left was trying to get a way of landing it. Or has this since changed? Mark. > > CN > > On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 09:55, Mark Tinka wrote: > > On Friday 27 August 2004 02:19, Joyce Kyeyune wrote: > > > I agree entirely with you..the technology was fine, still is...what i > > > said was that 'overpaid analysts' (some who had no right commenting on > > > tech & business)misled gullible and not so gullible business/IT people > > > into imagining dotcoms were a replacement for proven brick and mortar > > > business models. > > > > This reminds me (sorry to hijack the thread/subject), anybody what the > > status with the coastal fibre is? > > > > Mark. > > > > > Joyce > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Christopher Nambale/Bushnet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 21:14:31 +0300 > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: lug_: A little trivia - Did I say that! > > > > > > > HA ! > > > > > > > > Hold it right there lady, it wasn't the technology that was to blame > > > > for that... It was the good ol' bean counters > > > > (http://members.iinet.net.au/~bofh/newbofh/bofh24apr.htm) with their > > > > ingenious ways of obfuscating issues. The technology still lives on, > > > > it's the accountants and their venture capital friends that have been > > > > burnt and burnt hard. But look what they did to an old brick and > > > > mortar establishment like Enron...Wizards that's what they are. > > > > > > > > Anyway we could not have jumped onto that bandwagon because we do not > > > > even have anything close to a tech company on our securities > > > > exchange. But again, beware of the bean counters. After messing up IT > > > > now they ask whether IT does > > > > matter....http://www.nicholasgcarr.com/doesitmatter.html, How brazen? > > > > > > > > CN > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Joyce Kyeyune" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > 08/26/2004 06:54 PM > > > > Please respond to > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > To > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > cc > > > > > > > > Subject > > > > Re: lug_: A little trivia - Did I say that! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I guess that's why we had the like of the dot com dot bomb: > > > > > > > > overpaid analysts predicting the end of sound business models: > > > > overated IPOs, "death to the old brick business model"; Companies > > > > were advised to "unload the baggage of hard assets, like factories or > > > > oilfields, which hold you back in the digital long jump, and > > > > concentrate on buzz and brand" > > > > > > > > This is perhaps the only time I'm glad Uganda is somewhat of a > > > > laggard in jumping on tech bandwagons... > > > > > > > > Joyce > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: Mark Tinka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 09:38:10 +0200 > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: Re: lug_: A little trivia - Did I say that! > > > > > > > > > On Wednesday 25 August 2004 18:32, Joyce Kyeyune wrote: > > > > > > History repeats itself. I'm sure our great great grandchildren > > > > > > will be squealing with laughter when they read things like linux > > > > > > was once Microsoft's poor cousin. > > > > > > > > > > So much for still expecting virii and worms to be carried on > > > > > floppies adequately etched "Doom" or "Prince", or something like > > > > > that. > > > > > > > > > > I guess history has successfully shown that some of these overpaid > > > > > > > > analysts > > > > > > > > > aren't always right. > > > > > > > > > > Who knew that Sir Frank Whittle superior(s) at the RAF back in the > > > > > late 1920's/early 1930's would tell him that the jet engine was a > > > > > > > > preposterous > > > > > > > > > idea, and that it would NEVER fly? > > > > > > > > > > Mark. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------- > > > > > This service is hosted on the Infocom network > > > > > http://www.infocom.co.ug > > > > > > > > -- > > > > _____________________________________________________________ > > > > Web-based SMS services available at http://www.operamail.com. > > > > From your mailbox to local or overseas cell phones. > > > > > > > > Powered by Outblaze > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------- > > > > This service is hosted on the Infocom network > > > > http://www.infocom.co.ug > > > > --------------------------------------------- > > This service is hosted on the Infocom network > > http://www.infocom.co.ug > > --------------------------------------------- > This service is hosted on the Infocom network > http://www.infocom.co.ug --------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
