Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs Vision Discussion in 6 hours

2016-06-15 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi On 15 June 2016 at 12:51, Sebastian Silva wrote: > > > On 15/06/16 08:40, Dave Crossland wrote: > > However, http://www.one-education.org has just announced their new > > unit, which is US$260 including tax (but plus shipping from Australia) > > > > Perhaps that

[IAEP] Fwd: [UKids] Unleash Kids / KOC trip to rescue laptops - April

2016-06-15 Thread Dave Crossland
XD -- Forwarded message -- From: Alex Perez Date: 15 June 2016 at 12:59 Subject: Re: [UKids] Unleash Kids / KOC trip to rescue laptops - April To: Samuel Greenfeld Cc: Jerry Vonau , nathanr...@charter.net, Unleash

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs Vision Discussion in 6 hours

2016-06-15 Thread Sean DALY
On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 7:17 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: > Are they subscribed to this list? Quite. ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs Vision Discussion in 6 hours

2016-06-15 Thread Dave Crossland
On 15 June 2016 at 11:02, Caryl Bigenho wrote: > We're "on the road" for a few days so I'm missing all the "fun." I hope > some of the key people like Adam, Tony, Sameer, and Lionel are being > included. They all have great global perspectives and a realistic maturity >

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs Vision Discussion in 6 hours

2016-06-15 Thread Sebastian Silva
On 15/06/16 08:40, Dave Crossland wrote: > However, http://www.one-education.org has just announced their new > unit, which is US$260 including tax (but plus shipping from Australia) > > Perhaps that should be the reference unit? Just saw this closer and it looks like a really nice laptop. It's

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs Vision Discussion in 6 hours

2016-06-15 Thread Caryl Bigenho
We're "on the road" for a few days so I'm missing all the "fun." I hope some of the key people like Adam, Tony, Sameer, and Lionel are being included. They all have great global perspectives and a realistic maturity that should be a welcome asset in these discussions. Caryl Sent from my

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs Vision Discussion in 6 hours

2016-06-15 Thread Sean DALY
On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 3:40 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: > However, http://www.one-education.org has just announced their new unit, > which is US$260 including tax (but plus shipping from Australia) > > Perhaps that should be the reference unit? > Interesting but - Running Windows

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs Vision Discussion in 6 hours

2016-06-15 Thread Dave Crossland
On 14 June 2016 at 21:57, Dave Crossland wrote: > Should we support the XO-1? > > No: > > The Browse activity is fundementally broken: We can't use old browsers > (webkit v1) on modern websites, and that hardware isn't powerful enough for > new browsers and modern websites either;

Re: [IAEP] IAEP Digest, Vol 99, Issue 60

2016-06-15 Thread Tony Anderson
I had a chance to skim through the log of this meeting. I believe the discussion overlooks a fundamental point. The XOs (and particularly the XO-1s) are primarily deployed in the developing world (Latin America and Africa). The schools have these laptops as donations or as purchases by their