>>http://www.manchester.ac.uk/idpm/dig/briefings.htm click on Free and Open >>Source Software: A Blind Alley for Developing Countries? (Richard Heeks) > > That so called Richard is less informed about Africa probably the only > Africans he sees are the guys in the Premier League.You can't say that > IT managers in Africa don't know about FOSS .At least in Uganda 90% > of IT managers have seen or heard about FOSS.Richard needs visa to Africa. > > I fear for not only cybercafes but even the other users.The day > Microsoft will get in here I don't think Microsoft intelligence will > survive Ugandans. I think we should get that tender hands up ;-) > However this paper hurt me,Richard if you are there you are excused but > you shouldn't have passed no paper coz you did no research at all boy. >:o
Ronny, one thing I appreciated about the paper is that it provokes us FOSS enthusiasts into carrying out a self evaluation exercise to assess and see how far our advocacy and implementation has led us. Otherwise I too believe that his judgement is a little skewed. I would love to have a look at the three reports he claims trashed FOSS and made him compare it to shareware. Wire > >>or >> >>http://www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/idpm/publications/wp/di/short/DIGBriefing1FOSS.doc >> >>Let me know your comments about the paper. >> >>W >> >> >> >> >>>On Oct 14, 2005, at 3:08 PM, Ronny wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>Thanks so do you think it will Split? :-) >>>> >>>> >>>I doubt it will happen so soon, but I am not sure if I wouldn't like >>> >>> >>that to happen. >> >> >>>For example thanks to ICANN (read the US Govt.), a country like China >>> >>> >>gets to have only 9 million public IPs while Stanford University has >>something like 17 million. >> >> >>>If things were controlled by the ITU, perhaps there would be more >>> fairness. >>> >>>Kurup >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Hari Kurup wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>The Americans own all the root servers, so you could say they own the >>>>> >>>>> >>Internet. >> >> >>>>>Kurup >>>>>On Oct 14, 2005, at 2:15 PM, Ronny wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>If you haven't noticed it was the DNS that was split >>>>>>first...............If I may ask is there a difference in these 2 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>questions "Who owns the internet" and "who governs the internet?" So >>what's is EU after?I know "they" will win.Some nice reading that crop >>up out there. >> >> >>>>>>http://www.broadbandreports.com/shownews/68231 >>>>>>For falling it will not just split but will die oneday because for >>>>>> >>>>>> >>everything that has a beginning has an end. >> >> >>>>>>Yos >>>>>>Ronny >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>>LUG mailing list >>>>>[email protected] >>>>>http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >>>>>%LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The >>>>> >>>>> >>above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them >> >> >>>>>(including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for >>>>> >>>>> >>them in any way. >> >> >>>>>--------------------------------------- >>>>> >>>>> >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>LUG mailing list >>>>[email protected] >>>>http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >>>>%LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >>>>The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them >>>>(including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for >>>> >>>> >>them in any way. >> >> >>>>--------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>LUG mailing list >>>[email protected] >>>http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >>>%LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >>> >>>The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >>> >>> >>attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any >>way. >> >> >>>--------------------------------------- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>LUG mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >>%LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >>The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any >> way. >>--------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > way. > --------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
