On 11.01.2013, at 15:16, Caryl Bigenho <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Folks, > > Bert is probably correct and has been to SCaLE so he knows what he is talking > about. The folks there are really rabid open source advocates, so much so > that you can't even do a presentation in Powerpoint or Keynote. It has to be > in Open Office or a pdf file. > > However, according to the Android web site, it is an open source platform > http://source.android.com/index.html and, as such should be of interest to > folks at SCaLE. And, no matter what, I expect there will be questions about > the new XO-3 tablets.
Actually, the OLPC XO-3 you saw in San Francisco is yet another device. Totally unrelated to the "XO Learning Tablet", which is not designed by OLPC at all. - Bert - > So... > > What I will probably need to know are things like: > * How will the profits from the use of the OLPC and XO names be used? > * Are there any plans to port Sugar Apps to Android? > * Will the new tablets also work on hand cranks and solar panels? > * Etc. > > I'm sure you all can use your imagination to come up with more. Well... we > have 6 weeks to find answers. I think the second question is probably the > most important. SCaLE will have hundreds of developers who love to "develop." > This is a perfect place to recruit more hands and minds to an effort to do > just that. It would be great if some of the folks on SLOBS would chime in if > they think this (maybe call it SOAS for Android) is a viable idea that should > be pursued. > > Having an XO-3 tablet in our booth would probably be a very bad idea. In > fact, other than answering questions and recruiting volunteer developers, we > probably shouldn't mention the tablet at all. Our booth will be provided free > of any charge to us for the 5th straight year. They have always given us a > great spot and provided free registrations for all of the volunteers who come > to run the booth. We should want to keep it that way. We don't sell anything! > We only inform and recruit. > > However, having a working touch screen XO-4 there would really be a plus! We > always set up a "hands on" area that has been very popular, with adults as > much as children. Bert has offered his office-mate's early model if we can't > come up with another. But, having the (as Adam always says) "the latest and > greatest" model would be so much better. > > I can bring the solar panel I bought at the SF Summit. so if it is sunny we > could even take it outside to demonstrate. I also can bring an hand crank for > folks to try. So, if any of you have one that you can lend for SCaLE Feb > 22-24 or, better still, bring to SCaLE it would be perfect! We will put you > on the volunteer list and your registration will be covered. It is a fun > event. > > If you have answers to the three listed above... send them on. If you have > other questions you think folks will be asking, send those too... whether you > have an answer or not. Someone else may have the answer! > > Thanks! > Caryl > > > > From: [email protected] > > Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:53:11 -0800 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [support-gang] XO-4 Questions After Viewing CES video > > > > On 10.01.2013, at 23:26, Caryl Bigenho <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I know I will be flooded with questions at SCaLE 11X in just 6 weeks. I > > > would rush right out to Wally-mart tomorrow and get one if I could so I > > > would be prepared! > > > > Well, Android isn't even mentioned on the SCaLE page: > > https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/cfp It is a Linux Expo, after all, but "XO > > Learning" appears to not be Open Source licensed, and they have not reached > > out to our community yet. > > > > The only official information from OLPC so far seems to be the two press > > releases (http://blog.laptop.org/). In there it states "XO Learning will be > > offered through licensing agreements to tablet manufacturers, governments, > > book publishers, and international distributors". > > > > I wish them luck with that (it certainly sounds better than just giving > > kids a generic Android tablet), I'm just saying that SCaLE might not be the > > right place to promote it. > > > > - Bert - > > > > _______________________________________________ > > support-gang mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
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