On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 1:05 PM, John Gilmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I prefer "the Sugar learning platform" > > And my laundress prefers "fabric revitalization consultant". > > Sugar isn't about learning. Sugar is a user interface. It draws
I find your first statement wholly contestable. Moreover, the two (user interface, learning; or, stated differently, what Sugar /is/ and what Sugar /is about/) are by no means mutually exclusive. If any one of us thought that Sugar was nothing more than a different way to draw some stuff on a screen, why would we bother? The Sugar interface, as with all interfaces (or, good ones), provides a means to an end; Our end is learning. > icons and decorations on the screen, starts and stops programs, and > lets you turn control knobs. The things Sugar competes with aren't > learning platforms, they're user interfaces, like Gnome or Hildon. That really depends on who's judging the competition, or perhaps, who's even holding one. I don't much care to compete with Gnome. - Eben > John > _______________________________________________ Sugar mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar
