Hi, I had forgot the following little fact about Microsoft: Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer and Paul Allen at Microsoft, seeing an opportunity in the making, approached a tiny software company, Seattle Computer Products, which had an x86-compatible OS which used a similar command interpreter to CP/M called 86-DOS. Microsoft purchased the OS and perpetual usage rights, which they then re-christened as "DOS", for a mere $75,000. After negotiating an almost unheard of non-exclusive licensing agreement with IBM, the company would be established as the leader in personal computer software for decades to come. I wonder should we be overemphasising the ability of one to code or do we need to also develop and encourage negotiators and scouts who can identify a product and find a home for it? We just might be barking up the wrong tree, we need visionaries who can help dreamers realise their dreams Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
Hi Robert, I agree. However, there isn't necessarily a 'wrong' tree. The two aren't mutually exclusive. I believe we should be building some entrepreneurial capacity among our coders as well as encouraging business savvy non-techie young people to build teams to pursue tech business ideas. I think we should be barking up a couple of different trees and I'm glad I caught a glimpse of that during Pivot25 and IPO48. Kind regards, *Muchiri* Nyaggah Principal Partner @muchiri +254 722 506400 Semacraft.com e On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 5:17 PM, robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Hi,
I had forgot the following little fact about Microsoft:
Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer and Paul Allen at Microsoft, seeing an opportunity in the making, approached a tiny software company, Seattle Computer Products, which had an x86-compatible OS which used a similar command interpreter to CP/M called 86-DOS. Microsoft purchased the OS and perpetual usage rights, which they then re-christened as "DOS", for a mere $75,000.
After negotiating an almost unheard of non-exclusive licensing agreement with IBM, the company would be established as the leader in personal computer software for decades to come.
I wonder should we be overemphasising the ability of one to code or do we need to also develop and encourage negotiators and scouts who can identify a product and find a home for it? We just might be barking up the wrong tree, we need visionaries who can help dreamers realise their dreams
Regards
Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya
Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
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Well put Robert and Muchiri. I couldn't agree with you more... Ali Hussein - Sent from my BlackBerry® -----Original Message----- From: Muchiri Nyaggah <muchiri@semacraft.com> Sender: kictanet-bounces+info=alyhussein.com@lists.kictanet.or.keDate: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:33:01 To: <info@alyhussein.com> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Going beyond coding _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/info%40alyhussein.com The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
..err Robert, first we have to have those coders for them to be spotted and bought. Read perhaps, the current state of mobile applications development. A lot of apps be it at iHub, Strathmore, UoN, eMobilis, NaiLab and so on are being developed. There may not be immediate financial gain to be made from some of them but a mobile app development movement (maybe thats not the right word) is growing and from among these, perhaps your astute venture capitalist/entrepreneur can spot a gem and turn it into a viable enterprise. May be we should hold periodic mobile apps fairs at business schools such as UoN School of Business to bring innovation and entrepreneurship together. JG On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 5:59 PM, <info@alyhussein.com> wrote:
Well put Robert and Muchiri.
I couldn't agree with you more...
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Hi, Coders are a dime a dozen, we can be seen from the applications being developed in the areas you mentioned and the number os applications available on apple store, samsung store, nokia store, lg store, mwembe tayari store and many other stores. We have developed the coders we need to find a non-techie environment to expose them to those who can visualise the applications developed as solutions to various problems. I liked the Strathmore presentations which were a step in the right direction but we need a leap otherwise we shall keep lagging behind. The business plans presented where interesting but too academic, I wish I had a PHd. so that I could get myself on the advisory board, oops wrong approach, immediately I get the PHd. I become another academic and thus cease to be valuable. The Microsoft example should not be dismissed lightly as it is the format used by many others to bring their products to market so keeping coders together in a room forces them to concentrate on techie issues, we need to keep them in constant contact with prospective end users and other realists to prevent kwashiako. Regards If an application does not solve a problem it is not worth the disk space its written on Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 ________________________________ From: James Mbugua <jgmbugua@gmail.com> To: robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Monday, 26 September 2011, 18:06 Subject: Re: [kictanet] Going beyond coding ..err Robert, first we have to have those coders for them to be spotted and bought. Read perhaps, the current state of mobile applications development. A lot of apps be it at iHub, Strathmore, UoN, eMobilis, NaiLab and so on are being developed. There may not be immediate financial gain to be made from some of them but a mobile app development movement (maybe thats not the right word) is growing and from among these, perhaps your astute venture capitalist/entrepreneur can spot a gem and turn it into a viable enterprise. May be we should hold periodic mobile apps fairs at business schools such as UoN School of Business to bring innovation and entrepreneurship together. JG On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 5:59 PM, <info@alyhussein.com> wrote: Well put Robert and Muchiri.
I couldn't agree with you more...
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