On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 7:15 PM, Rowen Remis Iral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm currently the Project Manager/Systems Engineer of the project. > > OLPC Philippines has its wiki page on > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Philippines > > Also the Philippine grassroots group has an official website > http://olpcph.multiply.com > > We list current updates on these websites and also put some notes on what was > happening.
Good to hear from you. What are the special requirements of the Philippines? Inter-island communication? Language support? What else? We don't have a Tagalog localization project on Pootle, and I don't see any mention of Tagalog on your Wiki page or Home page. The link for the Tagalog translation of the Wiki page is broken. Nor do I see any mention of other languages of the Philippines. The Tagalog Language page http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Tagalog_language only talks about translating a dictionary. Ethnologue http://www.ethnologue.org/show_country.asp?name=PH lists the following languages with a million or more speakers in the Philippines. * Bicolano, Albay [bhk] 1,900,907 * Bicolano, Central [bcl] 2,500,000 * Cebuano [ceb] 20,043,502 * Hiligaynon [hil] 7,000,000 * Ilocano [ilo] 8,000,000 * Maguindanao [mdh] 1,000,000 * Pampangan [pam] 1,897,378 * Pangasinan [pag] 1,164,586 * Tagalog [tgl] 14,486,888 * Waray-Waray [war] 2,437,688 Which languages are used in the areas where you plan XO deployments? Do you have localization teams? Do you need help creating them? I have set up the localization projects for Haiti (Kreyól) and Cambodia (Khmer) and recruited localizers, so I can guide administrators and localizers through the process. > We are also looking for starting a deployment of units, as soon as the window > is open, it would be nice for us to hear from Mel Chua on how we can purchase > machines since supporting organizations and donors will be ready soon. Does that mean you are buying through GiveMany, which is managed by BrightStar? How many units do you want? The last terms BrightStar quoted to Earth Treasury were * Cash in advance * Delivery date to be set in two months * Delivery sometime in 2008, that is, within nine months after ordering This is because OLPC has asked Quantum and its parts suppliers for the lowest possible prices, which they give to customers who don't demand set delivery dates. > Rowen Remis R. Iral > Fundamental IT Engineer > http://olpcph.multiply.com -- Edward Cherlin End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children business http://www.EarthTreasury.org/ "The best way to predict the future is to invent it."--Alan Kay _______________________________________________ Grassroots mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/grassroots
