On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 5:56 PM, Dave Crossland <[email protected]> wrote:
> Please draft a vision statement you would be happy with. I have (no shortage of) ideas, and experience in crafting text. But our vision is more than a marketer's spin (and heaven knows I've been guilty of spinning in the past despite my best intentions). Rather, the community needs to get behind a common vision. This is not as easy as it sounds. For example, many of my fine ideas involve assigning drudge IT work to other volunteers. That doesn't work. I happen to agree with you that we should look at Windows as a platform due to its desktop/laptop ubiquity. However others don't feel the same way. I think web-based is a clear forward path. However that shouldn't mean the historical platform should be stopped. Recently I cited C. Scott Ananian's suggestion concerning the essence of the Sugar experience. Agreement on what that is would help resolve what our technical platforms need to offer - Sugarizer as a true platform, or demo of the computer-based platform? I think it would be really great if we could try to offer XO-4s somehow - a very large order would have fabulous side effects such as silencing longtime naysayers and encouraging component manufacturers to stay current. It's a very big idea, but I for one could get behind it. At the same time, Sugarizer is great for introducing Sugar's uniqueness to prescriptors (parents/teachers) and children, and in my view offers a path to handheld tactile devices which have swept away desktops and laptops in schools. Sean.
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