On 13 April 2013 15:37, <[email protected]> wrote: > > 1 Android kernel + Ported linux libraries + Sugar > > 2 Android kernel + Datastore/Collaboration replacement + Sugar rewritten > in > > HTML > > 3 Full Android + Datastore/Collaboration replacement + Sugar activities > > rewritten in HTML > > 4 Full Android + Datastore/Collaboration replacement + Sugar activities > > rewritten with native Android API > > Thanks Daniel > > That explains things for me. I was not fully understanding the technical > discussions. > > With options 1 &2 a lot of existing functionality could be lost: > The phone (unless a Sugar dialer was written) > The alarm clock (unless a Sugar one written) > Skype > Some power management controls > Airplane mode/wifi/phone modem controls > Facial recognition screensaver delay > Multiple file selection > Excel spreadsheet viewer > Anything we need Gnome to do on an XO > Lots more > > A lot of Android devices are going to come into the posession of kids in > developing countries, cheap second hand devices, old phones etc. Millions > of them. Options 1&2 are not likely to be installed because they will > result in a significant loss of functionality. > > Purchases of new tablets by government education departments with options > 1&2 is viable. > > My guess is that cheap privately owned devices will outnumber education > department devices by orders of magnitude. The privately held devices will > also be used in a way that is more consistent with Sugar principles, > experimentally and playfully, the education department devices may well be > locked down. It would be good if Sugar's affordances for playful learning > could exist alongside the full Android. > > I understand that we may not have the resources to do this. >
Hi Tony, I certainly understand this point of view... Most of the features you are mentioning could be implemented also with the 1/2 approach too but certainly we would get there a lot more slowly. And you are right that having to install a custom OS is a barrier than *lots* of people will never cross. I want it to be clear that the preference for 1/2 is just my personal inclination. I know of people that would like to research 3 when they find the time. Also most of the work towards 2 is also useful for 3, one doesn't exclude the other. Actually, in an ideal world, I think we would do both 2 and 3, it's "just" a matter of resources. A part of the work which has been discussed for the next release is useful to both 2 and 3, the other part is integration with the current OS, to not leave it behind. So I don't think we are going to make a call between 2 and 3 soon.
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