<snipped> > > Uh... I'm also very fond of Processing. It runs okay for me on the > XO-1, just a bit slow and the obvious problem with Sugar since > processing is generally multi-window. > > Okay, kidding aside, what's the point of developing hardware and > software for OLPC anyway? Aren't these just delivery mechanisms for > educational content? What do kids and teachers care what computer > language they're written in anyway as long as they work well on their > machines and play nice? > > Look. I'm really serious here. > What if there are thousands of us out there who want to develop > content for OLPC, but just can't because it's Python/Sugar? > > And what's so evil with free as in beer if there's no ulterior motive > to raise a generation of locked-in consumers behind it? (sure MS could > benefit. Sure Adobe could benefit. Can you blame them if they make > great tools that allow content creators to express themselves better?) > > There's an old saying that goes "beggars can't be choosers." > Why refuse our help? We're here. We want to help. We know you need help.
I lost track of "us" vs "them"...and who is the beggar in all this? Maybe you should keep your e-mails short. Sameer <snipped> _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
