Friends Here are my off the cuff remarks on the provocative piece. My suggestion: let's not be too defensive; truth can be bitter. On innovation: take the example of the automobile and semiconductor industries. A lot of countries started with fabricating parts; soon they did sub-assemblies as their precision engineering developed and soon they were making whole cars/computers/etc/. The Nyayo Car project was on the right cause if only it has realized capacity in the fabrication of parts and needed engineering and manufacturing processes. I recently saw news of a mechanic that used to service shock absorbers but now fabricates them; and people find these last longer that original ones not suited to our rough roads! He is on the right path and should, in fact, be encouraged with incentives and (possibly) injection of capital. In the west, investors would be hovering around to offer the person either a buyout or equity investment in order to expand the business which has huge regional potential as few people are in the business. Where is old money when it is needed here?? Regards. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matunda Nyanchama, PhD, CISSP; mnyanchama@aganoconsulting.com Agano Consulting Inc.; www.aganoconsulting.com; Twitter: nmatunda; Skype: okiambe ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Be prepared to face ICT Security failures & know how to respond when they happen! Call: +1-888-587-1150 or info@aganoconsulting.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk I have a workstation…" - Anonymous ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail, including attachments, may be privileged and may contain confidential or proprietary information intended only for the addressee(s). Any other distribution, copying, use, or disclosure is unauthorized and strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and permanently delete the message, including any attachments, without making a copy. Thank you.