Re: OLPC/Marvell Press Release

2010-05-28 Thread James Zaki
On the tablet topic... I'm now wondering what it will take for the potential of Android developers to be harnessed? (Assuming it will be a good thing) Android Emerges as Big Rival to iPadhttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703630304575270761658543340.html?mod=WSJ_business_whatsNews

Re: OLPC/Marvell Press Release

2010-05-28 Thread NoiseEHC
It was already discussed to death on the mailing lists. (The threads derailed very fast so there was almost no discussion about important things like the feasibility of a future Sugar - Android transition.) http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-devel/2009-June/015369.html

Re: OLPC/Marvell Press Release

2010-05-28 Thread Walter Bender
Putting some kittens at risk, it would be useful to have some analysis of both the work involved and potential benefits to an Android port, a Qt port, etc. I am not suggesting we divert our current efforts, as we are quite lean, but a better understanding of these options would be useful in

Re: OLPC/Marvell Press Release

2010-05-28 Thread Richard A. Smith
On 05/28/2010 08:10 AM, Walter Bender wrote: Putting some kittens at risk, it would be useful to have some analysis of both the work involved and potential benefits to an Android port, a Qt port, etc. I am not suggesting we divert our current efforts, as we are quite lean, but a better

Re: OLPC/Marvell Press Release

2010-05-28 Thread Peter Robinson
On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 1:10 PM, Walter Bender walter.ben...@gmail.com wrote: Putting some kittens at risk, it would be useful to have some analysis of both the work involved and potential benefits to an Android port, a Qt port, etc. I am not suggesting we divert our current efforts, as we are

Re: OLPC/Marvell Press Release

2010-05-28 Thread rihowa...@gmail.com
You are correct. Android development is Java based. It is based on a subset of Java functionality with the android API built on top of that. If you want a QT based environment look at Meego http://meego.com/developers. On May 28, 2010, at 7:20 AM, Peter Robinson wrote: On Fri, May 28, 2010

Re: OLPC/Marvell Press Release

2010-05-28 Thread Peter Robinson
On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 4:19 PM, Robert Howard rihow...@rawbw.com wrote: You are correct.  Android development is Java based.  It is based on a subset of Java functionality with the android API built on top of that. If you want a QT based environment look at Meego http://meego.com/developers.

Re: OLPC/Marvell Press Release

2010-05-28 Thread Garrett Goebel
Doubtless it would be painful... but... openjdk _is_ open source. Jython? On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 11:21 AM, rihowa...@gmail.com rihowa...@gmail.comwrote: You are correct. Android development is Java based. It is based on a subset of Java functionality with the android API built on top of

OLPC/Marvell Press Release

2010-05-27 Thread Ed McNierney
Folks - Below is the text version of the press release OLPC and Marvell issued this morning, announcing our agreement to work together on the tablet-based efforts we've been calling XO-3.0 and Marvell has been calling Moby (both previously announced). The link takes you to the same document

Re: OLPC/Marvell Press Release

2010-05-27 Thread Samuel Klein
For reference, please point people to our blog post on the subject, which offers some context and clarifies the various soundbytes that are being tossed around (which get confused about models and timelines). http://blog.laptop.org/2010/05/27/xo3-marvell-and-olpc/ (Ed, feel free to correct