On 1/9/07, Junn Flores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
An oppurtunity is here. Rather than spending billions for a very few greedy people, we may spend it for the OLPC now, then we may have a jumpstart for the bigger plan we all have in mind.
Yeah we could actually requrest for a hardware prototype for evaulation and testing. This is the usual procedure when considering to join the OLPC initiative, be it as an implementor (a country) or as a software developer (individual). The OLPC can't be considered a whitebox solution since an implementor may have to change some settings as required (say language settings for instance).
I just hope somebody of significance can hear us and consider, thinking about the future generation, thinking about my people.
I hope so to! I've seen the hardware prototype run, as well as tested the sugar interface. It does defy a lot of desktop computing paradigms on what we perceive as a usable interface (do you teach a student about word processing or about how to create a good essay for instance). But then, the OLPC shouldn't be considered as a technology initiative and used as a champion for improving the educational system. It is designed to adapt to a country's education requirements as a learning tool, and most importantly, as a collaboration tool for students. Jerome -- Jerome Gotangco [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG: 0x9E379FC6 _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
