Re: price point + sales to individuals
On Wed, 18 Feb 2009, Holt wrote: > CORRECTION: The Contributors Program is in fact operational, and will be > undergoing pretty radical enhancement going forward, including local XO > Projects Pools / Laptop Lending Libraries wherever we find responsible > stewards worldwide (email if you can help!) >http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors_program > > Submit applications for free XO Laptop(s) here, if you have any Project > idea that will genuinely contribute to the OLPC/Sugar community: >http://projectdb.olpc.at (site may change in future!) > > Please specify if you would like a Mentor to help you along -- I and our > dedicated http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Support_Gang will do our best to > help you nurture your Project wherever we can, > --Holt > > PS other great avenues for obtaining (and giving) individual XO's are > listed here: > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Support_FAQ there is also the issue that statments have been made that the new 2009 give-many program is due to be scrapped at any second, at which time it will be impossible for any originization to get quantities <10,000 that will interfere with a lot of self-directed projects. the availablility of the XO laptops _is_ an issue, for individuals and schools. David Lang > > p...@laptop.org wrote: >> bert wrote: >> > On 18.02.2009, at 18:01, John Watlington wrote: >> > >> >> We already have a developer program where we give away laptops >> >> to interested people. >> > >> > >> > This is for people already committed, already part of the community. >> > It's a great program, I got my XOs from it. >> >> it's also only great when it's operational. i have no knowledge >> of its current status, but there have been many complaints in the >> last year or so that the program had stagnated. >> >> paul >> =- >> paul fox, p...@laptop.org >> ___ >> Devel mailing list >> Devel@lists.laptop.org >> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel >> > ___ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: price point + sales to individuals
CORRECTION: The Contributors Program is in fact operational, and will be undergoing pretty radical enhancement going forward, including local XO Projects Pools / Laptop Lending Libraries wherever we find responsible stewards worldwide (email if you can help!) http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors_program Submit applications for free XO Laptop(s) here, if you have any Project idea that will genuinely contribute to the OLPC/Sugar community: http://projectdb.olpc.at (site may change in future!) Please specify if you would like a Mentor to help you along -- I and our dedicated http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Support_Gang will do our best to help you nurture your Project wherever we can, --Holt PS other great avenues for obtaining (and giving) individual XO's are listed here: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Support_FAQ p...@laptop.org wrote: > bert wrote: > > On 18.02.2009, at 18:01, John Watlington wrote: > > > > > We already have a developer program where we give away laptops > > > to interested people. > > > > > > This is for people already committed, already part of the community. > > It's a great program, I got my XOs from it. > > it's also only great when it's operational. i have no knowledge > of its current status, but there have been many complaints in the > last year or so that the program had stagnated. > > paul > =- > paul fox, p...@laptop.org > ___ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: price point + sales to individuals
bert wrote: > On 18.02.2009, at 18:01, John Watlington wrote: > > > We already have a developer program where we give away laptops > > to interested people. > > > This is for people already committed, already part of the community. > It's a great program, I got my XOs from it. it's also only great when it's operational. i have no knowledge of its current status, but there have been many complaints in the last year or so that the program had stagnated. paul =- paul fox, p...@laptop.org ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: price point + sales to individuals
On 18.02.2009, at 18:01, John Watlington wrote: > We already have a developer program where we give away laptops > to interested people. This is for people already committed, already part of the community. It's a great program, I got my XOs from it. But it does not get new people into the community. Like those who want to tinker in private. Do something cool because it's a cool machine. They would happily shell out a couple hundred bucks even if you slap a "no warranty at all" sticker on the order page. This will not reach as many people as g1g1 2007, but having a place to simply order is essential (even more so for long term projects like in classrooms). - Bert - ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: price point + sales to individuals
On Feb 18, 2009, at 8:24 AM, Carlos Nazareno wrote: >> In summary, you'd like to see a lower price. > > No, in summary, I'm thinking maybe this can be a two-birds with one > stone approach to: > > a) Save OLPC financially by selling XO units with a little profit to > all takers as Yama said. Why not tie up with and physically stock some > units at computer/electronics stores since there are logistical > problems with shipping to individuals? (this would also entail some > marketing and evangelism to show how the XO is different from netbooks > - I suspect it'd be a hit with the outdoors crowd, much like when GPS > devices were new) OK. So someone has to provide, up front, the money to build the units for stocking those retail stores. This same organization would handle marketing and evangelism. Guess what ? You've reinvented HP/Dell/Lenovo, etc. > b) Increase the number of software developers, contributors, content > authors and testers by getting XO units into more peoples' hands. (see > homebrew scene popularity and success stories: what more with a > dev-friendly environment like the XO?) We already have a developer program where we give away laptops to interested people. Cheers, wad ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: price point + sales to individuals
> In summary, you'd like to see a lower price. No, in summary, I'm thinking maybe this can be a two-birds with one stone approach to: a) Save OLPC financially by selling XO units with a little profit to all takers as Yama said. Why not tie up with and physically stock some units at computer/electronics stores since there are logistical problems with shipping to individuals? (this would also entail some marketing and evangelism to show how the XO is different from netbooks - I suspect it'd be a hit with the outdoors crowd, much like when GPS devices were new) b) Increase the number of software developers, contributors, content authors and testers by getting XO units into more peoples' hands. (see homebrew scene popularity and success stories: what more with a dev-friendly environment like the XO?) Best regards, -Naz -- carlos nazareno http://twitter.com/object404 http://www.object404.com -- user group manager phlashers: philippine flash actionscripters adobe flash/flex/air community http://www.phlashers.com -- interactive media specialist zen graffiti studios http://www.zengraffiti.com -- "if you don't like the way the world is running, then change it instead of just complaining." ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
