Comments on: Google East Africa Gadget Competition http://www.kenyanpundit.com/2008/03/13/google-east-africa-gadget-competition/ Opinions, commentary, na kadhalika Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:39:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Antoine http://www.kenyanpundit.com/2008/03/13/google-east-africa-gadget-competition/#comment-94738 Antoine Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:52:23 +0000 http://www.kenyanpundit.com/?p=472#comment-94738 I agree the prizes money is too low and I think those organizers in England expect less production from African students . They just used the funds of the project to come and have good journeys on our campus and they are going to use our gadgets for their advertisement industry . I have been comparing this *competition* to other *West students* Google programs like *Google Summer of code* and there is a very big difference in the program management , payments and other points. Of course GSOC has many other participating organizations but when you give someone a challenge to develop(invent) something from scratch , you must at least back-up him/her with something strong and I think Google may know that ( i.e Consider Android Development Challenge Google investment, ADC is just a coding war against iPhone and Windows Mobile ) . Hope this is the first *test* for African students , and I hope Google will collaborate with the *student gadget developers* when trying to customize them as their advertisement tools . I like Google for their Open Source initiative but they are becoming internet *WorldLords* like Microsoft used to be in the Windows PC world. I am a student at Kigali Institute of Science and Technology ( KIST ) Rwanda. I agree the prizes money is too low and I think those organizers in England expect less production from African students . They just used the funds of the project to come and have good journeys on our campus and they are going to use our gadgets for their advertisement industry . I have been comparing this *competition* to other *West students* Google programs like *Google Summer of code* and there is a very big difference in the program management , payments and other points.
Of course GSOC has many other participating organizations but when you give someone a challenge to develop(invent) something from scratch , you must at least back-up him/her with something strong and I think Google may know that ( i.e Consider Android Development Challenge Google investment, ADC is just a coding war against iPhone and Windows Mobile ) .
Hope this is the first *test* for African students , and I hope Google will collaborate with the *student gadget developers* when trying to customize them as their advertisement tools .
I like Google for their Open Source initiative but they are becoming internet *WorldLords* like Microsoft used to be in the Windows PC world.

I am a student at Kigali Institute of Science and Technology ( KIST )
Rwanda.

]]> By: Google Gadgets for Kenyans, a case of cheap labour « This folly i see! http://www.kenyanpundit.com/2008/03/13/google-east-africa-gadget-competition/#comment-87842 Google Gadgets for Kenyans, a case of cheap labour « This folly i see! Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:53:44 +0000 http://www.kenyanpundit.com/?p=472#comment-87842 [...] 1, 2008 by toiyoi So Google is enticed Kenyan students to give them ideas? And at what cost? A stipend of $350!  Really, that is pure [...] [...] 1, 2008 by toiyoi So Google is enticed Kenyan students to give them ideas? And at what cost? A stipend of $350!  Really, that is pure [...]

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