Maybe COSS... On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Tim Schofield <[email protected]>wrote:
> Politically (rather than technically or financially) the thing to do > is to produce a respin that has Ugandan/East African branding on it. > > Politicians don't care about the technical benefits of Free software > and if its cheap then that just means their cut from any deal is > reduced (oops I didn't really say that did I?), but if they can say > they have done the patriotic thing by buying local then that is > something they will be keen to get in the media. > > Maybe a centralised non-profit organisation can produce it so that > then private companies can sell hardware with it on to the schools. > Maybe? > > Tim > > > On 20 September 2011 17:08, Reinier Battenberg > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I dont want to bid. I just want the kids to be free & use FLOSS. > > > > What if we did a petition? > > > >> > >> Well in that case it would be ok. > >> > >> The question would therefore be to partner with a suitable hardware > supplier > > and produce a suitable build for users up country. Maybe even an > experiment > > where we install half with Windows have with Ubuntu and see which ares > better. > > It does require some thought for example what additional hardware is > required > > to work with the computers. Our box shifter friends tend to give up very > > easily if they can not just install the Printer drivers. > >> > >> So the question might be to contact UCC. However they most likely will > tell > > you to tender along with everyone else. > >> > >> > >> > >> Simon Vass > >> Managing Director > >> E-Tech Uganda Ltd > >> > >> http://www.etech.ug > >> Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621 > >> email: [email protected] > >> skype: e-techservicedesk > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Reinier Battenberg" <[email protected]> > >> To: "Uganda Linux User Group" <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Tuesday, 20 September, 2011 5:02:41 PM > >> Subject: Re: [LUG] Computers in Schools > >> > >> > >> > >> its funded by the Rural xx xx Fund (the extra tax on your airtime that > is to > >> make sure there is connectivity in non-urban areas too) > >> > >> so, its a pure UCC thing, it seems. > >> > >> > The biggest problem we face is the current curriculum is Windows only. > >> > We would need to change that in order for the students to be able to > >> > learn using FLOSS. > >> > > >> > Is this a UCC not a MoE deal? > >> > > >> > Simon > >> > > >> > On 20 September 2011 15:40, Reinier Battenberg > >> > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > Hi, > >> > > > >> > > Today there is a Bid Notice in the Monitor to supply 130 schools in > > Uganda > >> > > with computers. There is not much more information in the > advertisement. > >> > > > >> > > For the interest of the students, I think it would be very > benifitial if > >> the > >> > > computers would run FLOSS. There are a few arguments for that, which > I > >> think > >> > > UCC should take into consideration when assigning the final bid. > >> > > > >> > > This being the LUG, i presume there are quite a number of people on > this > >> list > >> > > that agree with me. > >> > > > >> > > What can we, as a community do, to get our point across to UCC and > allow > >> these > >> > > 130 schools to run software that they can maintain, learn, translate > and > >> > > extend? > >> > > > >> > > -- > >> > > rgds, > >> > > > >> > > Reinier Battenberg > >> > > Director > >> > > Mountbatten Ltd. > >> > > +256 758 801 749 > >> > > www.mountbatten.net > >> > > http://twitter.com/batje > >> > > http://twitter.com/mapuganda > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > _______________________________________________ > >> > > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > >> > > > >> > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > >> [email protected] > >> > > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >> > > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > >> > > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > >> > > > >> > > The Uganda LUG mailing list 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 mailing list host is not responsible for them > in > > any > >> way. > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Simon Vass > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > >> > > >> > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > > [email protected] > >> > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >> > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > >> > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > >> > > >> > The Uganda LUG mailing list 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 mailing list host is not responsible for them > in > > any > >> way. > >> > > >> -- > >> rgds, > >> > >> Reinier Battenberg > >> Director > >> Mountbatten Ltd. > >> +256 758 801 749 > >> www.mountbatten.net > >> http://twitter.com/batje > >> http://twitter.com/mapuganda > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > >> > >> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > >> Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > >> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > >> > >> The Uganda LUG mailing list 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). 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The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any > > way. > >> > > -- > > rgds, > > > > Reinier Battenberg > > Director > > Mountbatten Ltd. > > +256 758 801 749 > > www.mountbatten.net > > http://twitter.com/batje > > http://twitter.com/mapuganda > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > > > The Uganda LUG mailing list 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). 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