Incredible! Major opportunity lost for IT and FOSS in Uganda and an unbelievably decision for the IICD. I thought they were in the business of sustainable solutions and local skills development .....???
V On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 10:49 AM, Reinier Battenberg < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I just saw this page tweeted about Gael testing a proprietary, foreign > hosted > videoconference solution. > http://www.akvo.org/rsr/project/216/update/975/ > > As Gael points out, the license costs for this solution are 10.000USD. > > Is it just me who is wondering wether that is enough money to come up with > a > competitive, Ugandan hosted bigbluebutton installation, including some nice > local bandwidth, a server (or two), some nice hosting (at roke telkom for > example)? > > Its 10.000USD just flowing out of the country. Seems like such a waste. > > > > rgds, > Reinier > > > > > > > > Hi Lugers, > > > > Does anyone know about web-conferencing solutions hosted in Uganda and > > offered as SaaS? > > > > The organisation I'm advising has been testing Elluminate, a proprietary > > solution bought by Blackboard and hosted in the US, with good success. > > However, license costs are high (10,000$ per year) so from a > sustainability > > point of view it's not the greatest choice. > > > > The main goal of the solution is to have a platform to deliver remote > > trainings between head office and field offices and also among > themselves. > > Main functionalities should be interactive whiteboard, session recording, > > chat, voice delivery and activity icons between participants (polls, > away, > > emoticons, etc). > > > > The IT person of charge of the project doesn't envisage to host the > server > > in their premises, hence the SaaS. > > > > Do you know of any Ugandan hosted solution? Any other suggestion? > > > > Thanks guys, > > Gaël > > > -- > rgds, > > Reinier Battenberg > Director > Mountbatten Ltd. > +256 758 801 749 > www.mountbatten.net > http://twitter.com/batje > http://twitter.com/mapuganda > > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. >
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