This discussion reminds me of a favorite puzzle from Douglas Hofstadter 0, 1, 2, 3, 720!, ...
That is a numbering scheme with lots of headroom. I agree that OLPC is the wrong name. There are reports that the software is now running, for example, on a Classmate PC. So any direct tie to OLPC is not necessarily appropriate. Maybe Sugar? something else? But there is not much simpler than 1,2,3... -walter On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Paul Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > walter wrote: > > > > I'm in favor of Dennis's suggestion. OLPC-1; OLPC-2, ... It is simple > > and, I argue, unambiguous. The hardware is XO-1, XO-2... > > as perhaps more of an outsider here, i'd say that this is not > "unambiguous". people with the laptops regularly refer to them > as "my OLPC" -- perhaps encouraged by the unfortunate "PC" in the > acronym. > > as for numbers: sequential is good, but starting higher than 1 might > give room for adding structure later if necessary. (e.g. the 200 series > of releases might be a break from the 100 series.) > > paul > =--------------------- > paul fox, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (arlington, ma, where it's degrees) > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
