Hi Bryan, I do solemnly swear that I am a FOSS and OLPC (with sugar ) supporter but i could not defend myself to be critics.
Sugar needs (some) drastic change(s) both in interface and underlying development technologies. There are several factors makes OLPC a 2nd choice possibly in future against its aggressive competitor. The pilot project has just started. We appreciate your effort. Your team has done excellent job. But unfortunately the sign of division is clearly visible, possibly could jeopardize the Sugar though whatever head honcho reiterates. Donot take it personally but Sugar needs serious review. I'm really sorry. This is a key factor for success story. The internals machine architecture is great. They are superb. But, When its come about success. The interface matters. It reminds me conversation between Seymour Cray and Steve Jobs. "When told that Steve Jobs bought a CRAY to help design the next Apple, Seymour Cray said, 'Funny, I am using an Apple to simulate the CRAY-3.' Anyway, The pilot project will be the answer for all confusion surrounds on this interface (not machine) The kids are the answer, we are mere spectator. Good luck and Good days ahead. Sarose On May 3, 5:50 pm, Bryan Berry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There has been a lot of press regarding OLPC's possible shift to > Windows. I want to make it clear that OLE Nepal is committed to both > Linux and open-source content for Nepal's pilots of OLPC. > > We have no intention of ever switching to Windows regardless of what the > OLPC organization in Boston decides. We feel that GNU/Linux is the right > choice for education, whether in the developing world or the first > world. > > Further, we are committed to releasing all the content we develop or > help digitally publish under open-source licenses. We will rely on the > MIT license and CC 3.0 licenses. Everything we produce ourselves will > allow derivatives. Unfortunately, some third parties (authors) may > require their contributions in areas such as children's literature have > the No Derivatives clause. > > I have been in contact w/ OLPC's current head of technology, Kim Quirk, > and she assures me that OLPC will continue to support Sugar on Linux for > the foreseeable future. OLPC has to continue to support Sugar because > it's large pilots in Peru, Mexico, and Uruguay are using Sugar and > aren't looking to shift. > > I am also in contact w/ OLPC's ex-president Walter Bender, who is > committed the development of Sugar. We look forward to collaborating w/ > him on the future development of Sugar. > > OLPC's shift to Windows is reprehensible in my opinion, but that won't > stop the team in Nepal from working on the goals of this project. > > To learn more about the OLPC pilots at Bishwamitra and Bashuki, check > out our blog athttp://blog.olenepal.org > > Regards, > > Bryan Berry > Systems Engineer > OLE Nepal --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
