Re: [sugar] [IAEP] OLPC's bizarre behaviors

2008-05-23 Thread Jim Gettys
Note that we *cannot* share much of the information about the possible alternatives we are examining for Gen-2 hardware until decisions are final; it is the basis of serious negotiations among competing parties, under non-disclosure agreements. The best we can do is share the conceptual ideas,

Re: [sugar] [IAEP] OLPC's bizarre behaviors

2008-05-23 Thread Albert Cahalan
Note that we *cannot* share much of the information about the possible alternatives we are examining for Gen-2 hardware until decisions are final; it is the basis of serious negotiations among competing parties, under non-disclosure agreements. Lest rumors of more OLPC secrets get started,

Re: [sugar] [IAEP] OLPC's bizarre behaviors

2008-05-23 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 3:16 PM, Albert Cahalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You ended up with Lots of accusations :-( Have you successfully negotiated with hw vendors over innovative gear at very low cost in the past? We do make mistakes, and in some cases there are tradeoffs. It's part of doing

Re: [sugar] [IAEP] OLPC's bizarre behaviors

2008-05-23 Thread Martin Langhoff
Typo - I should have written: Grandstanding about the mistakes made is cheap, with the advantage that most people aren't familiar with the issues at hand. Albert also wrote Minus the dollar figures of course, getting contracts out in public would be very good for you. Groklaw would be a

Re: [sugar] [IAEP] OLPC's bizarre behaviors

2008-05-22 Thread Bernie Innocenti
C. Scott Ananian wrote: I would like to nominate SJ and Adam for the role of interim community liason, as they've done a fantastic job to date building and nourishing their respective content and support communities. SJ and Adam did a great job in the past to leverage and organize the

Re: [sugar] [IAEP] OLPC's bizarre behaviors

2008-05-22 Thread Walter Bender
Indeed, one of the goals of Sugar Labs is to help build community collaboration, so working together on organizing is a positive step forward. I plan to start sending a weekly Sugar Digest out--but it will not be comprehensive of all the OLPC comings and goings and it will include Sugar in other

Re: [sugar] [IAEP] OLPC's bizarre behaviors

2008-05-22 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 4:45 AM, Christoph Derndorfer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So you're basically looking for someone who doesn't mind being despised by both OLPC staff (God, s/he keeps bugging me, how annoying!) and the community (s/he knows more than s/he's telling us). Nah. We all want to