(Intentionally top-posted) On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 1:00 AM, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote:
> >> - A definite end-of-life date needs to put on XO-1 support. >> >> Sure! What do you think that date should be, Sam? > > What do other people think? > > I offer that Sugar Labs should follow OLPC Inc's lead on this, and > continue to support the XO-1 for as long as they are. > > Does anyone know for how long OLPC will be supporting the XO-1? > Historically I would have answered this by stating that OLPC likely will provide a public end-of-life schedule whenever they remove everyone from their about page {including Negroponte} that is no longer involved in the project. Likewise you would get their lesson plans for Sugar when you tore them from OLPC's cold, dead hands. There has never been a good relationship between OLPC's corporate side and it's academia-based side. If there was at one point, no one has told me stories from those days. The corporate site of OLPC is extremely secretive compared to open-source projects. But within the past few months, OLPC has added people and categories to http://one.laptop.org/about/people , which makes me curious as to what they are up to. They also may have subtly rebranded the XO-4 Touch as the "XO Laptop Touch" a year or so ago. Excluding James Cameron (since he's contracted by OLPC), has anyone been keeping regular contact with OLPC to see what their wishes & concerns are? Perhaps Sugar should have a Community Manager who regularly meets with OLPC, deployments, and partners to see what they are up to, and what their concerns are. For all we know, OLPC may be working on their next software project, just like One Education is. Said project may or may not include Sugar. Sugar really needs OLPC or another large organization to champion its usage, and be a willing reference when other organizations ask about using it. Otherwise we may have a hard time growing Sugar beyond its current boundaries. --- SJG
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