One of the reasons I could advance is the inherent desire that we have always had to share information among the Ugandan techie community.
I recall way back around 1997 when we used to meet in bars every evening as IT techies and exchange alot of knowledge on the problems we used to experience then. These ranged from dial-up connectivity issues (Uganda Telecom had such a rotten landline system by then) to server administration etc etc. So even without a formal email list, we already had an environment created of Information sharing and exchange. Fast forward to 2004, because of the growing community of techies, it became practically hard to keep meeting under the auspices of an evening beer and different people's personal lives were changed for the better when wives and babies came into the picture. Some of us have since denounced our beer guzzling activities and are actively pursuing heaven bound activites :-). This called for a more appropriate media which in my view is an email list. That I believe is One of the reasons for the success of this LUG. Wire > Ernest Byaruhanga wrote: > >>>I was also extremely happy and surprised to discover >>>that there existed a Linux users group (LUG) in Uganda, which I have >>>since joined. I have been following the discussions as a silent >>>participant. >>> >>> >> >>why would that surprise you? ug is more advanced in it/internet than many >>of its african 'peers' :) naturally, you would expect such fora then. >> >> > > I would agree with this very much. I am a migrant LUG dweller, and have > 'moved' here because the one where I come from is quite ... well, let's > not say anything! > > I'm still trying to find out what the factors leading to such a > successful LUG are ? What about Uganda has made this group so successful? > > I would appreciate some opinions from those on the ground ... > > -- G. > > > > --------------------------------------------- > This service is hosted on the Infocom network > http://www.infocom.co.ug > --------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
