Comments on: Interview http://lix.cc/projects/malawi/blog Alex Antener Software Libre Projects in Malawi (Africa) 2004-2008 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:12:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: lix http://lix.cc/projects/malawi/blog/malawi04/interview/comment-page-1/#comment-19520 lix Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:20:00 +0000 http://lix.cc/projects/malawi/malawi04/interview-en/#comment-19520 Yes it is available in english language: <a href="http://lix.cc/projects/malawi/blog/malawi04/interview/lang-pref/en/" rel="nofollow">Interview in english</a> regards, a Yes it is available in english language:
Interview in english

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]]> By: Yurtdisi Egitim http://lix.cc/projects/malawi/blog/malawi04/interview/comment-page-1/#comment-19504 Yurtdisi Egitim Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:19:00 +0000 http://lix.cc/projects/malawi/malawi04/interview-en/#comment-19504 mein Deutsch ist nicht gut, is it availible in English mein Deutsch ist nicht gut, is it availible in English

]]> By: Anthony Sinya Ziba http://lix.cc/projects/malawi/blog/malawi04/interview/comment-page-1/#comment-2725 Anthony Sinya Ziba Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:54:00 +0000 http://lix.cc/projects/malawi/malawi04/interview-en/#comment-2725 Dear Alex, Thanks for sharing your experiences and observations. It is indeed true that (technologically) Malawi is miles away from the developed world. However, it appears that while Microsoft and other organisations shamelessly continue to take advantage of this poor country, some key decision makers within Malawi stand aside and let Malawi be taken advantage of. In your article you talk about the deal between SchoolnetMalawi and the IT giant, Microsoft. Although I do not have the detailsof the agreement between the two, it is clear that this is not a healthy relationship. Firstly, as you have already indicated in your article,it only serves to foster dependency structures and put Malawi in a position of a helpless nation - always at the mercy of Microsoft and other similar organisations. In any language, this is not healthy at all. Nations like Malawi need to be empowered to extricate themselves from poverty and underdevelopment. This cannot happen if hypocritical organisations like Microsoft continue with these aggressive marketing gimmicks that are perfectly disguised in philanthropy. Poor or rich, as far as technologies are concerned, nations should be given full autonomy to choose what technologies they want to implement depending on their contextual needs and conditions. On the other hand, Malawians should also learn that if something sounds too good to be true, then indeed it is. There is no way Microsoft can give out computers free of charge - There will always be a catch!!! Regards, Anthony Sinya Ziba Dear Alex,
Thanks for sharing your experiences and observations. It is indeed true that (technologically) Malawi is miles
away from the developed world. However, it appears that while Microsoft and other organisations shamelessly continue to take advantage of this poor country, some key decision makers within Malawi stand aside and let Malawi be taken advantage of. In your article you talk about the deal between SchoolnetMalawi and the IT giant, Microsoft. Although I do not have the detailsof the agreement between the two, it is clear that this is not a healthy relationship. Firstly, as you have already indicated in your article,it only serves to foster dependency structures and put Malawi in a position of a helpless nation – always at the mercy of Microsoft and other similar organisations. In any language, this is not healthy at all. Nations like Malawi need to be empowered to extricate themselves from poverty and underdevelopment. This cannot happen if hypocritical organisations like Microsoft continue with these aggressive marketing gimmicks that are perfectly disguised in philanthropy. Poor or rich, as far as technologies are concerned, nations should be given full autonomy to choose what technologies they want to implement depending on their contextual needs and conditions. On the other hand, Malawians should also learn that if something sounds too good to be true, then indeed it is. There is no way Microsoft can give out computers free of charge – There will always be a catch!!!
Regards,
Anthony Sinya Ziba

]]> By: Markus Zielonka http://lix.cc/projects/malawi/blog/malawi04/interview/comment-page-1/#comment-2167 Markus Zielonka Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:05:00 +0000 http://lix.cc/projects/malawi/malawi04/interview-en/#comment-2167 Hallo, wie kann ich Kontakt mit Herrn Antener aufnehmen? ___ Alex Antener Student im Diplomsemester des SNM. GNU/Linux Systemadministrator und Gast-Dozent an der University of Malawi The Polytechnic. http://lix.cc/malawi ___ Ich habe zu dieser Seite (http://lix.cc/projects/malawi) viele Fragen. MfG Markus Zielonka Hallo,

wie kann ich Kontakt mit Herrn Antener aufnehmen?
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Alex Antener
Student im Diplomsemester des SNM. GNU/Linux Systemadministrator und Gast-Dozent an der University of Malawi The Polytechnic.
http://lix.cc/malawi
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Ich habe zu dieser Seite (http://lix.cc/projects/malawi) viele Fragen.

MfG

Markus Zielonka

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