Hi Ish
Don't want to enter into a definition battle here... so my answers in
*GREEN* bellow ;)
The change of word still does not convince on how it will help. We may have
> an audience of 10, 20, 50 or more, but at the end of the day if the event
> is just another event, then there is no success in that.
>
> In the panel discussion on "startups" at La Sentinelle, Mr Ramgolam from
> the Ministry of Technology, Communication and Innovation disagreed on the
> limitation of technologies in Mauritius. That means we do not have any
> technological limitations in Mauritius as per the ministry.
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> I searched for "internet in mauritius" in Google and I obtained the
> following, ranging from 2007 - 2015:
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> http://www.yashvinblogs.com/bilan-of-internet-service-providers-in-mauritius/
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> http://www.mauritius-official.com/2011/12/internet-in-mauritius-sucks-and.html
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> http://www.geekscribes.net/blog/2012/07/27/faster-internet-speed-must-become-a-priority-for-mauritius/
> http://business.mega.mu/2013/06/18/internet-mauritius-bad-student/
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> http://mauritiusinsider.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-need-for-speed-mauritius-bandwidth.html
> https://www.facebook.com/AskingForABetterConnectionInMruFuOrange/
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> If you're a tech startup in Mauritius, would this tempt you
> http://www.orange.mu/business/hosting ?
>
> Now, are the above referring to some sort of technological limitation
> which the Ministry of TCI refuses to acknowledge? I leave it to your best
> judgment :)
>
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHPOzQzk9Qo
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHPOzQzk9Qo>*
I'm not interested in politics, neither awareness in startups. I am
> concerned in getting things done, and done quickly. I want to help &
> achieve something at the end of the day. I want to see when the event is
> over, things are moving, each and everyone leaving the room knows what to
> do next.
> Awareness will not achieve that. Awareness might only add a new word in
> people's vocabulary, and that would be "startup".
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-diB65scQU
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-diB65scQU>*
If the universities in Mauritius want to host talks about the startup
> culture, I will help them for sure. :)
*Yes that's the spirit :)*
Wait. You mentioned awareness above, that sounds more like a presentation
> rather than a round-table discussion with questions that we would prepare.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYi5aW1GdUU
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYi5aW1GdUU>*
Developers Conference has a nature of its own. It fits for tech
> presentations, maybe hackfests and some beer in the afternoon. The mixture
> of everything happening will be an overkill for a startup "discussion".
> During last year's DevCon, some developers unveiled a Privacy Compliance
> Assessment Application and the Data Protection Commissioner even gave a
> presentation on that. Number of attendees were less than ten, maybe. Who
> else talked about Data Protection and Privacy laws afterward? No one. Was
> it an achievement?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Sxv-sUYtM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Sxv-sUYtM>*
*You are 110% right ! we will not change the face of Mauritius in day with
this startup event neither with the webcup or the Devcon or even with our
respectives blogs. But be sure that another event (another blog post) will
come after this one and another and another one and so on until we get
where we want to be !*
*Let's make it fun ! enjoy the playlist it is a good one ;)*
*Cheers *
*VINCENT POLLET | CO-FOUNDER WWW.ICT.IO <
http://www.ict.io/> EBENE
CYBERCITY - MAURITIUSe: hello_at_ict.io <hello_at_ict.io>m: +230
52520766skype:vincent.pollet67 *
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* On 17 February 2016 at 20:30, Ish Sookun <ish_at_lsl.digital
<ish_at_lsl.digital>> wrote:Hi Vincent, On 02/17/2016 12:31 AM, vincent pollet
wrote: hmmm not sure what you meant but replace the word "crowd" by
"public" if you want. It has almost the same meaning for me :P The change
of word still does not convince on how it will help. We may have an
audience of 10, 20, 50 or more, but at the end of the day if the event is
just another event, then there is no success in that. In the panel
discussion on "startups" at La Sentinelle, Mr Ramgolam from the Ministry of
Technology, Communication and Innovation disagreed on the limitation of
technologies in Mauritius. That means we do not have any technological
limitations in Mauritius as per the ministry. I searched for "internet in
mauritius" in Google and I obtained the following, ranging from 2007 -
2015:
http://www.yashvinblogs.com/bilan-of-internet-service-providers-in-mauritius/
<
http://www.yashvinblogs.com/bilan-of-internet-service-providers-in-mauritius/>
http://www.mauritius-official.com/2011/12/internet-in-mauritius-sucks-and.html
<
http://www.mauritius-official.com/2011/12/internet-in-mauritius-sucks-and.html>
http://www.geekscribes.net/blog/2012/07/27/faster-internet-speed-must-become-a-priority-for-mauritius/
<
http://www.geekscribes.net/blog/2012/07/27/faster-internet-speed-must-become-a-priority-for-mauritius/>
http://business.mega.mu/2013/06/18/internet-mauritius-bad-student/
<
http://business.mega.mu/2013/06/18/internet-mauritius-bad-student/>
http://mauritiusinsider.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-need-for-speed-mauritius-bandwidth.html
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http://mauritiusinsider.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-need-for-speed-mauritius-bandwidth.html>
https://www.facebook.com/AskingForABetterConnectionInMruFuOrange/
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https://www.facebook.com/AskingForABetterConnectionInMruFuOrange/> If
you're a tech startup in Mauritius, would this tempt you
http://www.orange.mu/business/hosting
<
http://www.orange.mu/business/hosting> ? Now, are the above referring to
some sort of technological limitation which the Ministry of TCI refuses to
acknowledge? I leave it to your best judgment :) Am not interested in
politics but I hope, we could achieve awareness regarding opportunities in
Mauritius. I'm not interested in politics, neither awareness in startups. I
am concerned in getting things done, and done quickly. I want to help &
achieve something at the end of the day. I want to see when the event is
over, things are moving, each and everyone leaving the room knows what to
do next. Awareness will not achieve that. Awareness might only add a new
word in people's vocabulary, and that would be "startup". I think having
students is not a bad idea as they are the next generation of startupers
and leaders. Exposing them early to such debates could be a great benefit
for them and I don't think it will lower the level of discussions. If the
universities in Mauritius want to host talks about the startup culture, I
will help them for sure. :) It will be our role to prepare interesting
questions and stop sterile topics, in order to make sure that this "startup
event" is as interesting as possible for everyone in the
audience/crowd/public :P Wait. You mentioned awareness above, that sounds
more like a presentation rather than a round-table discussion with
questions that we would prepare. I spoke with Elise Today she is ready to
help and Jochen is proposing Saturday for the event as we will have a
maximum participation on weekend. Developers Conference has a nature of its
own. It fits for tech presentations, maybe hackfests and some beer in the
afternoon. The mixture of everything happening will be an overkill for a
startup "discussion". During last year's DevCon, some developers unveiled a
Privacy Compliance Assessment Application and the Data Protection
Commissioner even gave a presentation on that. Number of attendees were
less than ten, maybe. Who else talked about Data Protection and Privacy
laws afterward? No one. Was it an achievement? Cheers, -- Ish Sookun I
drink coffee and manage Linux servers for lexpress.mu <
http://lexpress.mu> *
Received on Wed Feb 17 2016 - 19:11:03 PST