Hi "somebody" SJ, What bothers me is that now you're saying there is no standard deal, no transparent process to even do business with OLPC, what do I tell people asking how to do deployments? "Get 100" was freakish enough.
We specifically asked, as per Yama's "pronunciamiento" that you so much liked, for "a simple process for buying 1 or 200". I will continue to thank whatever support we get from the contributor's program, however that is not an answer for actual deployments, which is my main interest. But then I guess you're happy selling to corrupt officials that keep your shiny XOs in warehouses until Microsoft is ready to put Windows on them. Sebastian 2009/2/6 Samuel Klein <[email protected]> > Hi Sebastian, > > What specifically do you find upsetting? We are phasing out the > current Change program for purchasing small numbers of machines, which > was good for spurring discussion but was not widely used; and we are > expanding support for contributors' projects of all sorts with free > hardware -- for those who need hardware to plan their projects -- via > the [[contributors]] program. > > As for 'against the community request' -- community involvement and > guidance is requested more than ever for the contributors program, and > I hope a group of people interested in making new projects successful > takes an interest. I encourage you to bring new ideas up the next > contributors meeting (tomorrow, 2pm, #olpc-groups), or on these lists. > > SJ > > > On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 4:47 PM, Sebastian Silva > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Julia, Chuck, OLPC, somebody, > > As a member of the grassroots movement and as a volunteer, for over two > > years now, both programming, and on the ground, I find this decision of > OLPC > > appalling. > < > > This action OLPC is taking is directly moving against the community > request, > > and so I must protest. > > > > Actions is being taken for articulating the community further. > > > > Please respond publically. > > > > Sebastian > > > > 2009/2/5 Adam Holt <[email protected]> > >> > >> From: Julia Reynolds <[email protected]> > >> To: [email protected] > >> Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 10:45:37 -0500 > >> Subject: Change the World > >> Hello Gang, > >> > >> First and foremost, as a newcomer to the RT system it was truly amazing > to > >> see the work the you all are doing. We thank you for all your > dedication! > >> > >> Unfortunately, as some of you might have heard "Change the World" aka > >> "Give a School" aka "Give 100, Give 1000" will cease to exist. We are > just > >> waiting for the info to be taken off the main website (any second now). > >> > >> We are doing this in an effort to refocus back to large-scale > deployments > >> that create change in a major way. We WILL honor all requests that we > have > >> received prior to the info being taken off the website. So if you know > >> anyone who is interested, tell them time is of the essence!! > >> If you have any questions or concerns, I will do my best to address > them. > >> I just wanted to make sure you, as our first line of defense, were > aware. > >> > >> THANKS!!!! > >> Julia > >> > >> -- > >> Julia Reynolds > >> One Laptop per Child (OLPC) > >> [email protected] > >> 617-452-5528 > _______________________________________________ > support-gang mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang > -- Sebastian Silva Laboratorios FuenteLibre http://blog.sebastiansilva.com/
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