Mark It is certainly not yet there. The kind of resources we r talking about to get it there will take a while mobilising plus all the inter territorial agreements etc etc. Essentially even after the business men have hammered outtheir details, politics will come into play and that will also take a while before a position of harmony is achieved.
We r looking at a possible earliest date of operation being around 2007 Wire > > But the last I heard was that SAT-3 was hovering somewhere on the Mombasa > coast, and what was left was trying to get a way of landing it. Or has > this > since changed? > > Mark. > >> >> CN >> >> On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 09:55, Mark Tinka wrote: >> > On Friday 27 August 2004 02:19, Joyce Kyeyune wrote: >> > > I agree entirely with you..the technology was fine, still is...what >> i >> > > said was that 'overpaid analysts' (some who had no right commenting >> on >> > > tech & business)misled gullible and not so gullible business/IT >> people >> > > into imagining dotcoms were a replacement for proven brick and >> mortar >> > > business models. >> > >> > This reminds me (sorry to hijack the thread/subject), anybody what the >> > status with the coastal fibre is? >> > >> > Mark. >> > >> > > Joyce >> > > ----- Original Message ----- >> > > From: Christopher Nambale/Bushnet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > > Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 21:14:31 +0300 >> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > Subject: Re: lug_: A little trivia - Did I say that! >> > > >> > > > HA ! >> > > > >> > > > Hold it right there lady, it wasn't the technology that was to >> blame >> > > > for that... It was the good ol' bean counters >> > > > (http://members.iinet.net.au/~bofh/newbofh/bofh24apr.htm) with >> their >> > > > ingenious ways of obfuscating issues. The technology still lives >> on, >> > > > it's the accountants and their venture capital friends that have >> been >> > > > burnt and burnt hard. But look what they did to an old brick and >> > > > mortar establishment like Enron...Wizards that's what they are. >> > > > >> > > > Anyway we could not have jumped onto that bandwagon because we do >> not >> > > > even have anything close to a tech company on our securities >> > > > exchange. But again, beware of the bean counters. After messing up >> IT >> > > > now they ask whether IT does >> > > > matter....http://www.nicholasgcarr.com/doesitmatter.html, How >> brazen? >> > > > >> > > > CN >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > "Joyce Kyeyune" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > > > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > > 08/26/2004 06:54 PM >> > > > Please respond to >> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > To >> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > > cc >> > > > >> > > > Subject >> > > > Re: lug_: A little trivia - Did I say that! >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > I guess that's why we had the like of the dot com dot bomb: >> > > > >> > > > overpaid analysts predicting the end of sound business models: >> > > > overated IPOs, "death to the old brick business model"; Companies >> > > > were advised to "unload the baggage of hard assets, like factories >> or >> > > > oilfields, which hold you back in the digital long jump, and >> > > > concentrate on buzz and brand" >> > > > >> > > > This is perhaps the only time I'm glad Uganda is somewhat of a >> > > > laggard in jumping on tech bandwagons... >> > > > >> > > > Joyce >> > > > >> > > > ----- Original Message ----- >> > > > From: Mark Tinka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > > > Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 09:38:10 +0200 >> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > > Subject: Re: lug_: A little trivia - Did I say that! >> > > > >> > > > > On Wednesday 25 August 2004 18:32, Joyce Kyeyune wrote: >> > > > > > History repeats itself. I'm sure our great great grandchildren >> > > > > > will be squealing with laughter when they read things like >> linux >> > > > > > was once Microsoft's poor cousin. >> > > > > >> > > > > So much for still expecting virii and worms to be carried on >> > > > > floppies adequately etched "Doom" or "Prince", or something like >> > > > > that. >> > > > > >> > > > > I guess history has successfully shown that some of these >> overpaid >> > > > >> > > > analysts >> > > > >> > > > > aren't always right. >> > > > > >> > > > > Who knew that Sir Frank Whittle superior(s) at the RAF back in >> the >> > > > > late 1920's/early 1930's would tell him that the jet engine was >> a >> > > > >> > > > preposterous >> > > > >> > > > > idea, and that it would NEVER fly? >> > > > > >> > > > > Mark. >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > --------------------------------------------- >> > > > > This service is hosted on the Infocom network >> > > > > http://www.infocom.co.ug >> > > > >> > > > -- >> > > > _____________________________________________________________ >> > > > Web-based SMS services available at http://www.operamail.com. >> > > > From your mailbox to local or overseas cell phones. >> > > > >> > > > Powered by Outblaze >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > --------------------------------------------- >> > > > 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 >> >> --------------------------------------------- >> 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 > --------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
