I've been told that machines will be sent to the people that provide a convincing description of what they want to work on.
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Developer_program#How_to_apply_for_an_XO Thanks, Tomeu On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 1:04 PM, Walter Bender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was perhaps under the mistaken impression that OLPC was dumping > machines to developers like candy again after a hiatus due to a > logistical snafu. Hmm. > > -walter > > 2008/4/29 NoiseEHC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > Actually it is a funny proposal since without real XO machines it is a > > little bit hard to profile programs and since it seems that it is quite > > impossible nowadays to get a machine, they are out of luck. Exactly why > > does not OLPC just dump machines to developers like candy? Even if only > > 1% of people do something about performance, it could be more cost > > effective than hiring 1 man for it (and the XO badly needs this work). > > > > BTW if you referring to this > > http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-March/012033.html > > or this > > http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/sugar/2006-September/000439.html > > then these are not easy and fast things either. > > > > > > > > Walter Bender wrote: > > > Any interest in the themes/topics Tomeu outlined in his email about > > > Sugar performance? Lots of interesting things to explore that would be > > > of real value to the project. > > > > > > -walter > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Patrick Jahenr > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> Hi there, > > >> > > >> We are a group of 15 collegians, studying 'Applied Computer Science' > > >> at the University of Applied Sciences in Iserlohn (Germany) and we > > >> are looking for a project for the OLPC within the scope of our subject > > >> "Computer-Networks". Our professor (Prof. Martin Hühne) let us choose > > >> our own topic, leading us directly to our first problem: What can > > >> we do? > > >> > > >> We have to find a project fitting to this demand. We read the wiki > > >> and realised, that most of our ideas we thought we could implement > > >> are either finished software projects or simply not good enough to > > >> keep on thinking about them, because they do not fit to the OLPC- > > >> ideas. The wiki pages for Project ideas are nice, but you do not > > >> know exactly whether there is already someone working on one of the > > >> projects, or not. The Pages for Current Projects are quite nice too, > > >> but there you do not know if the people working on it actually do > > >> need help. > > >> > > >> That is why we post this little request to the readers of this mailing > > >> list. > > >> > > >> We are looking for either a project we can take part on, or a not- > > >> yet-implemented idea. It should not bee too big for us in order to > > >> be finished within time; it should not be too small to have something > > >> to do for 15 students. (Anyway, don't forget we need to sleep) > > >> It would be nice, but not all necessary if the project could involve > > >> some of the networking technologies of the XO, I mean, the subject > > >> is "Computer-Networks" > > >> > > >> Furthermore, there is a time limit: We will have to end the project > > >> until end of June, whereas there will be the same subject for another > > >> group of students after our free period, which will have the same, > > >> or a similar task. Probably, they will go on, on our project, if > > >> its not finished. > > >> > > >> Our Knowledge Base: > > >> We have good basic knowledge in C/C++, Java, some basic knowledge > > >> in scripting languages (Perl, PHP and bash) and some of us have good > > >> knowledge of Linux. A further subject called "Software-Engineering" > > >> came along with us for one and a half year. > > >> We started reading and working in Python and GTK, and saw, we can > > >> cope that. > > >> > > >> We are open for all your suggestions, you can email me directly if > > >> you have a project we can take part on, but you could also just answer > > >> here, if you have a good idea which of the project ideas we could > > >> implement. > > >> > > >> Thank you in advance, > > >> > > >> > > >> Patrick > > >> > > >> > > >> P.S. Please forgive me my English skills > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Devel mailing list > > >> [email protected] > > >> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > > >> > > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Devel mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Devel mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > > > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
