funny, M$ is providing them for 400, and the consultant is selling them at 650.
Would this be the Eee PC, i am wondering: http://www.allasus.com/CATALOG/index.php?cPath=1_76 Really looking forward to share our countries even more precious bandwith with 100.000 windows users, arent you? rgds, reinier On Friday 28 September 2007 17:06:07 George William Lule wrote: > Proof that Uganda has finally succumbed to M$. Complete with the usual carrots > and final vendor lock-in (read the Minister's submission, just below the > marketeer's). To think that they are doing this to our higher institutions of > learning!!! > > ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- > > Subject: Affordable Laptop Computer for Students, Lectureres on Hire Purchse > Program > Date: Friday 28 September 2007 13:41 > From: Godfrey Mitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: *********** University > ICT Department > > > From: Godfrey Sseruwagi > ICT Consultant, Ministry of Education and Sports > Date: > > > Greetings from the Ministry of Education and Sports and from USA, > I'm currently in USA with Hon Alintuma Nsambu, Minister of State for ICT, > following a visit by the Vice President, Prof. Gilbert Bukenya to various > technology companies in USA. > > One of the outcome of this visit is access to an affordable laptop computer > particularly for all our university students, lecturers and civil society to > popularize the use of ICT. Please find below the communication from Hon > Nsambu to cabinet members and Members of Parliament in this regard. > > We have started working on some legal documents to see which procedures we > can be best used to implement this program. Our thinking is that the > University will be part of this whole project in terms of 1) Determining > whether one is a bonafied student of that particular university to benefit > the hire purchse program 2) Distribution of the computers to interested > students and lecturers etc 3) How to collect the installments paid every > month > > This ofcourse must attract administrative fees for doing all this and the > University should be paid for such services, I'm sure we can agree on that > fee Meanwhile, we are of the view that a memo should be posted on the > University boards and lecturer board to announce this and all those that > will be interested sign up his or her name. This will assist to give us an > idea of how many laptops should be imported in the country.(this message is > going to all Universities and institutions of higher learning in the > country) The price will not exceed $650 but paying in instalments within > two/three semesters. (I request for your suggestions on this particular > issue) This price includes University administration fees for this project. > > I would appreciate if it is posssible to have a riough idea of what > percentage of the students are likely to afford these laptops. I want to > think that you have wireless internet at the university. This is a great > feature every University student wants, freedom to to his/her research and > surf the internet anywhere at campus- With a laptop this is possible, well > atleast in all the develope world- what is wrong with doing this at our > Universities. > > We return to the country in a few days to follow up. Please reach me on > the below office numbers or mostly on below mobile phones. I'm very mobile. > > > Let me hear your thoughts > > Regards > > Godfrey Sseruwagi > ICT Consultant, > Department of Planning > Ministry of Education and Sports > 6th Floor, Embassy House > Tel: 256-41 234451/2/3 > Mobile: 0753192202,0782673347 > > > john nsambu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 06:50:08 -0700 (PDT) > From: john nsambu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: A laptop for every Ugandan Student:what a revolution!!! > > Dear Colleagues: > As you may all be aware, two weeks have passed since I > have been away from station. His Excellency the Vice > President and myself have been negotiating with > various Technology firms to join us in Uganda's battle > towards eGovernance. At Microsoft in Redmond, His > Excellency the Vice President and I had a wonderful > private visit with Mr. Bill Gates Executives. We all > agreed that work still needs to be done in teaching > citizens how to use the keyboard and how to hold the > mause. > For the start,I have good news to share with you: > Microsoft and Intel have joined forces to make a > state-of-the-art technology specifically for Ugandan > university students and professors. A student now will > be obtaining a brand new laptop at a cost of $ 400 > fully installed with microsoft educational materials > and wireless internet reception. CISCO will also join > us in having all campuses of Ugandan Universities > fully networked with Wi Fi technology for internet. > In this regard, an American personal friend has > offered $ 15,000,000 to fund this scheme. He needs his > money back (free of interest) from the laptop > recipients in six months. In other words, the > students, faculty (and where necessary parents) have > the option of repaying the $ 400 in six months!! > The technology deployed in this project will protect > the Laptop from thefty and will automtically shut down > every 30 days. The laptop owner will require a code > from a local coordinator before it works again. > The Manifacturer is going into production next week > and 100,000 (hundred thousand) Laptops will be > delivered and ready for deployment in Uganda on > December 1,2007. > For all of you who know the magic of a computer in > your hands, I pray, you will find this great news! > Thank you! > > Yours > John Nsambu, MP > State Minister of ICT > > > > --------------------------------- > Tonight's top picks. What will you watch tonight? Preview the hottest shows > on Yahoo! 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