True. How about OLPC-Fedora.1, ...

-walter

On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 11:21 AM, Tomeu Vizoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hmm, Sugar aims to be available as an alternative desktop in all kinds
>  of linux distros, so would be a bad name for an OLPC-made distro.
>
>  Tomeu
>
>
>
>  On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 5:13 PM, Walter Bender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  > This discussion reminds me of a favorite puzzle from Douglas Hofstadter
>  >
>  >  0, 1, 2, 3, 720!, ...
>  >
>  >  That is a numbering scheme with lots of headroom.
>  >
>  >  I agree that OLPC is the wrong name. There are reports that the
>  >  software is now running, for example, on a Classmate PC. So any direct
>  >  tie to OLPC is not necessarily appropriate. Maybe Sugar? something
>  >  else? But there is not much simpler than 1,2,3...
>  >
>  >  -walter
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >  On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Paul Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  >  > walter wrote:
>  >  >   >
>  >  >   > I'm in favor of Dennis's suggestion. OLPC-1; OLPC-2, ... It is 
> simple
>  >  >   > and, I argue, unambiguous. The hardware is XO-1, XO-2...
>  >  >
>  >  >  as perhaps more of an outsider here, i'd say that this is not
>  >  >  "unambiguous".  people with the laptops regularly refer to them
>  >  >  as "my OLPC" -- perhaps encouraged by the unfortunate "PC" in the
>  >  >  acronym.
>  >  >
>  >  >  as for numbers:  sequential is good, but starting higher than 1 might
>  >  >  give room for adding structure later if necessary.  (e.g. the 200 
> series
>  >  >  of releases might be a break from the 100 series.)
>  >  >
>  >  >  paul
>  >  >  =---------------------
>  >  >   paul fox, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (arlington, ma, where it's  degrees)
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