This is a tremendously interesting but increasingly technical discussion. It's difficult to weigh pros and cons of an entire OS in an e-mail discussion. Would it be possible for people to create pages on the wiki so we can get a clearer outline of:
* What is each OS? Explain to a teacher using SoaS what ChromeOS and Android actually are. Avoiding conflation with Chrome browser and Droid phone. * What education apps exist already? Are there grants or challenge prizes for app developers? * Do you believe Sugar activities can make the transition? Will Native Development Kit (Android) and Native Client (ChromeOS) help? Thanks, Nick Doiron On Thu, February 17, 2011 9:49 am, Martin Langhoff wrote: > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:32 PM, C. Scott Ananian <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> This seems to me to be a red herring. What does connectivity have to >> do with your choice of OS? > > While technically possible to write all sort of sw yourself, you > choose an OS based on the affordances it offers. > > The OSs being discussed (Android, ChromeOS) have very strong > assumptions about ubiquitous connectivity to the internet and the role of > the device (network client, not peer, not server). > > With enough work and time you may be able to provide all the missing > bits and fix the broken libraries and APIs. You might even rewrite the apps > in the app store to work without connectivity. > > > > > m -- > [email protected] > [email protected] -- Software Architect - OLPC > - ask interesting questions > - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first > - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > > _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
