Foss Technologies - Kenya
FOSS Technologies - Kenya is a non profit making organization whose main agenda is to extend the efforts of Ubuntu community Projects and Sourceforge projects. Ubuntu is an ancient African word meaning 'humanity to others'. It also means 'I am what I am because of who we all are'. The Ubuntu operating system brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the world of computers. The vision of Ubuntu is to develop free software and make it available free of charge to everybody in the same terms. Sourceforge on the other hand is an organization dedicated to making open source projects successful. It is an organization that thrives on community collaboration in creating resources for software development and distribution.
Foss technologies - Kenya is focused on encouraging institutions in Kenya to use Free/Open Source Software solutions. We achieve this by staging focused sensitization campaigns on FOSS for selected institutions. We also offer consultancy on best approaches to employ when shifting from proprietary computer software system to Free / Open Source Software. We give advice on the right Open Source software to adopt depending on needs of a client and then we carry out installation of the software. Upon installation we also offer maintenance services of the installed software. To ensure smooth transition from proprietary software systems to Open Source software systems, we offer training to users on how to use the new system.
We focus more on public institutions and learning institutions. We are motivated to take this position since it is from these institutions that drivers of industries in our economies are always derived. We believe that focus on learning institutions is bound to create a lasting positive impact on economy of Kenya.
Foss technologies - Kenya is focused on encouraging institutions in Kenya to use Free/Open Source Software solutions. We achieve this by staging focused sensitization campaigns on FOSS for selected institutions. We also offer consultancy on best approaches to employ when shifting from proprietary computer software system to Free / Open Source Software. We give advice on the right Open Source software to adopt depending on needs of a client and then we carry out installation of the software. Upon installation we also offer maintenance services of the installed software. To ensure smooth transition from proprietary software systems to Open Source software systems, we offer training to users on how to use the new system.
We focus more on public institutions and learning institutions. We are motivated to take this position since it is from these institutions that drivers of industries in our economies are always derived. We believe that focus on learning institutions is bound to create a lasting positive impact on economy of Kenya.