Re: [kictanet] Taifa Laptop
Some fodder for your thoughts: 1) JKUAT requires high spec machines but not Taifa Laptops. Unless they are sneakily describing a Taifa Laptop? http://www.jkuat.ac.ke/laptop-specifications-for-new-students/ 2) Question: are Taifa Laptops fully manufactured in .ke or assembled from parts imported complete? if fully manufactured then they need to improve their sales strategy else if only assembled then there is an additional unnecessary markup without any guarantee of quality 3) In the cases cited where local products were promoted (S. Korea for Hyundai etc.), I’m pretty sure there was corresponding restriction of imports. The restriction of choice was done at a state level not at a single public institution to exploit parents in a desperate position. In this case as described by (1) above only the specs were made open but students not forced to by Taifa Laptops. What happens to students who already had a laptop before they enrolled? Paul Korir, PhD +44 7780 283 183 Ordnung muß sein
On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 9:07 AM, Paul Korir via kictanet <[email protected]> wrote:
Some fodder for your thoughts:
1) JKUAT requires high spec machines but not Taifa Laptops. Unless they are sneakily describing a Taifa Laptop?
http://www.jkuat.ac.ke/laptop-specifications-for-new-students/
According to the memo, the laptop should run the Windows 8 operating system, and Office Professional. Microsoft for the win! :)
If the JKUAT people want to promote and grow their laptop assembly business by requiring the students to buy the Taifa laptops they should say so upfront rather than talking of "special software" as the reason. On Fri, Aug 26, 2016, at 10:22 AM, Joseph Wayodi via kictanet wrote:
On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 9:07 AM, Paul Korir via kictanet <[email protected]> wrote:
Some fodder for your thoughts:
1) JKUAT requires high spec machines but not Taifa Laptops. Unless they are sneakily describing a Taifa Laptop?
http://www.jkuat.ac.ke/laptop-specifications-for-new-students/
According to the memo, the laptop should run the Windows 8 operating system, and Office Professional. Microsoft for the win! :)
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I wouldn't mind the government doing the same for locally manufactured products. The laptop might not be the best but it's a step in the right direction. Our Kenyan economy needs to be jump started and if making us support projects is the way to ensure we created a sustainable employment I don't mind. Look at Mobius, we are all focusing on how ugly the car looks forgetting the employment opportunities it stands to create. On Aug 26, 2016 10:30 AM, "waudo siganga via kictanet" < [email protected]> wrote:
If the JKUAT people want to promote and grow their laptop assembly business by requiring the students to buy the Taifa laptops they should say so upfront rather than talking of "special software" as the reason.
On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 9:07 AM, Paul Korir via kictanet <[email protected]> wrote:
Some fodder for your thoughts:
1) JKUAT requires high spec machines but not Taifa Laptops. Unless
On Fri, Aug 26, 2016, at 10:22 AM, Joseph Wayodi via kictanet wrote: they are
sneakily describing a Taifa Laptop?
http://www.jkuat.ac.ke/laptop-specifications-for-new-students/
According to the memo, the laptop should run the Windows 8 operating system, and Office Professional. Microsoft for the win! :)
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I think if people thought Mobius was ugly then it would not have sold out its units recently. What is good and what makes sense will eventually sell itself off. And Mobius did not need to do aggressive marketing. It just sold itself off. Perhaps Mobius should be a case study for Taifa folks. On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 12:10 PM, Job Muriuki via kictanet < [email protected]> wrote:
I wouldn't mind the government doing the same for locally manufactured products. The laptop might not be the best but it's a step in the right direction. Our Kenyan economy needs to be jump started and if making us support projects is the way to ensure we created a sustainable employment I don't mind. Look at Mobius, we are all focusing on how ugly the car looks forgetting the employment opportunities it stands to create.
On Aug 26, 2016 10:30 AM, "waudo siganga via kictanet" < [email protected]> wrote:
If the JKUAT people want to promote and grow their laptop assembly business by requiring the students to buy the Taifa laptops they should say so upfront rather than talking of "special software" as the reason.
On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 9:07 AM, Paul Korir via kictanet <[email protected]> wrote:
Some fodder for your thoughts:
1) JKUAT requires high spec machines but not Taifa Laptops. Unless
On Fri, Aug 26, 2016, at 10:22 AM, Joseph Wayodi via kictanet wrote: they are
sneakily describing a Taifa Laptop?
http://www.jkuat.ac.ke/laptop-specifications-for-new-students/
According to the memo, the laptop should run the Windows 8 operating system, and Office Professional. Microsoft for the win! :)
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