Re: [kictanet] ICT TV Station
Now, will Skunkworks rise up to the Challenge? Tech skills they have. -----Original Message----- From: robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 11:29 To: murigi.muraya@gmail.com Cc: kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke Subject: Re: [kictanet] ICT TV Station Dear Mr. Aguyo, A history A few months ago I proposed that Dr. Ndemo give us a presentation on the Malili ICT Park so that we would be in the picture of what was going on. Because I knew many would not have been able to attend we it was proposed that the session be recorded, and as there are members on this list who are not resident locally the recording should be digitised and posted online. As a result of this proposal Skunkworks indicated that they would be able to set up an IPTV "station" and what they needed was a server to install onto. The Present To be able to assist them in putting up the "station" I and a few philanthropic Kenyan's have offered to finance the purchase of the server for the Skunkworks group as an R&D project and to test the local technical skill levels on the same. I hope this clears the fog. Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 From: Sam Aguyo <saguyo@yahoo.com> To: robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk Cc: kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke Sent: Wed, 24 February, 2010 8:50:06 Subject: ICT TV Station Scene One Robert says: I would like to offer 20,000/- towards the IPTV server and Hairy Harry has also agreed to contribute 20,000/- towards the same, please send us details on the project. If there are any organisations or individuals out there who feel philanthropic enough, jionyeshe. Evelyn can we get some rack space for this little box? <This indicates that Bob and Harry are contributing 20k each to be used to set up an IPTV station> Scene two Robert says: Once the prototype is tested we shall then move to the next level of commercialization at which point we shall look into the most appropriate hardware. Please note that this is a knee jack reaction as a resolved of the fiasco that was Dr. Ndemo's presentation recording. Murigi Muraya says: <Skunkworks have been raising funds for a mail server that could also be used as a media or video conferencing server also if enough funds are raised to get a good server.> Robert says: So please lets move forward with the initial test I am interested in the IPTV component so the server is to be used solely for that purpose. Now i do not understand this new venture. Sam
Hi, So far no response from Skinkworks are they interested or can we open up the opportunity to anyone else who is willing to do the same, such as the universities and ICT colleges. Synergy, the developers of the live.mystocks.co.ke web site, are retiring some of their old servers as they upgrade their infrastructure are offering us one of the servers at a discounted rate. Please find below the specifications, please confirm if this will be sufficient for setting up the system. HP DL 380 G3 PROLIANT 2 (DUAL) Processor(s): XEON 3.006GHz/512KB L2 CACHE 4096 MB PC2100 ECC RAM(4x1024MB) RAID Controller: Smart Array 5i+ Controller (64MB) Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 ________________________________ From: S.Murigi Muraya <murigi.muraya@gmail.com> To: robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> Cc: kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke Sent: Wed, 24 February, 2010 12:33:27 Subject: RE: [kictanet] ICT TV Station Now, will Skunkworks rise up to the Challenge? Tech skills they have. ________________________________ From: robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 11:29 To: murigi.muraya@gmail.com Cc: kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke Subject: Re: [kictanet] ICT TV Station Dear Mr. Aguyo, A history A few months ago I proposed that Dr. Ndemo give us a presentation on the Malili ICT Park so that we would be in the picture of what was going on. Because I knew many would not have been able to attend we it was proposed that the session be recorded, and as there are members on this list who are not resident locally the recording should be digitised and posted online. As a result of this proposal Skunkworks indicated that they would be able to set up an IPTV "station" and what they needed was a server to install onto. The Present To be able to assist them in putting up the "station" I and a few philanthropic Kenyan's have offered to finance the purchase of the server for the Skunkworks group as an R&D project and to test the local technical skill levels on the same. I hope this clears the fog. Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 ________________________________ From: Sam Aguyo <saguyo@yahoo.com> To: robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk Cc: kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke Sent: Wed, 24 February, 2010 8:50:06 Subject: ICT TV Station Scene One Robert says: I would like to offer 20,000/- towards the IPTV server and Hairy Harry has also agreed to contribute 20,000/- towards the same, please send us details on the project. If there are any organisations or individuals out there who feel philanthropic enough, jionyeshe. Evelyn can we get some rack space for this little box? <This indicates that Bob and Harry are contributing 20k each to be used to set up an IPTV station> Scene two Robert says: Once the prototype is tested we shall then move to the next level of commercialization at which point we shall look into the most appropriate hardware. Please note that this is a knee jack reaction as a resolved of the fiasco that was Dr. Ndemo's presentation recording. Murigi Muraya says: <Skunkworks have been raising funds for a mail server that could also be used as a media or video conferencing server also if enough funds are raised to get a good server.> Robert says: So please lets move forward with the initial test I am interested in the IPTV component so the server is to be used solely for that purpose. Now i do not understand this new venture. Sam
On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 1:30 PM, robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Hi,
So far no response from Skinkworks are they interested or can we open up the opportunity to anyone else who is willing to do the same, such as the universities and ICT colleges.
Synergy, the developers of the live.mystocks.co.ke web site, are retiring some of their old servers as they upgrade their infrastructure are offering us one of the servers at a discounted rate.
Please find below the specifications, please confirm if this will be sufficient for setting up the system.
HP DL 380 G3 PROLIANT 2 (DUAL) Processor(s): XEON 3.006GHz/512KB L2 CACHE 4096 MB PC2100 ECC RAM(4x1024MB) RAID Controller: Smart Array 5i+ Controller (64MB)
From what I can see, this thread has not reached skunkworks at all since it's inception because they were not marked in the first place. I have been snooping on the list and did spare some time to look at what it entails to setup an IPTV. Based on the following howto<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/29/iptv_network_setup/> I am inclined to think that more equipment will still be needed for the
Hello Robert, project. There are folks in skunkworks who are upto this task and I believe one, Aki is one such geek:) I am CCing this to them. PS: Skunkworks - The thread http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/pipermail/kictanet/2010-February/008575.html requires your input. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." -- Lucky Dube
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