Hi Brian, not sure if you attended any of the events at Makerere in the last months, but a lot of good stuff is happening there lately.
I dont think that a facebook barcamp could be considered politics & red-tape, right? 13 december! rgds, Reinier Battenberg Director Mountbatten Ltd. +256 782 801 749 www.mountbatten.net Be a professional website builder: www.easysites.ug On Wednesday 19 November 2008 12:24:48 brian muhumuza wrote: > Well, it would be nice if makerere red tape + politics didn't get in the > way. > > On 11/19/08, Simon Vass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Very very cool idea. Could it not be a sweet project for someone at > > Makerere? Involve the design and engineering dept? > > > > Simon > > > > brian muhumuza wrote: > >> The best opportunity to make this happen is by setting up freedom > >> toasters (http://freedomtoaster.org/) in very busy places like garden > >> city, game, etc > >> > >> A freedom toaster is very easy to make and from my last calculation > >> would cost about 1.5m > >> > >> On 11/12/08, joachim Gwoke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Patrick, > >>> You have made an interesting observation. FOSS should be 'shared' along > >>> the > >>> same lines or better, it is really odd that windows gets 'shared' more > >>> than > >>> FOSS here. > >>> > >>>> Kind of reminds me of a discussion I had sometime back with > >>>> some pals > >>>> regarding very popular global hit songs. > >>>> > >>>> Its not because of the acclaimed global sales but because > >>>> of the how much is > >>>> "shared" > >>>> > >>>> windows seems to have the high "shared" rate than > >>>> FREE Software. How can we > >>>> share FOSS more easily and induce other to want to shared > >>>> too? > >>>> > >>>> # ocira > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> MB > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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. > >> --------------------------------------- > > > > -- > > Simon Vass > > Technical Manager > > E-Tech Uganda Ltd > > > > http://www.etech.ug > > skype:etechservicedesk > > > > Tel: +256-312260620 > > Fax: +256-312260621 > > > >> MB > > _______________________________________________ > 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. ---------------------------------------
