On 16 June 2016 at 13:49, Laura Vargas <la...@somosazucar.org> wrote:
> Great news Dave! hopefully more and more OLPC members will join the > conversation on the IEP list. > Sadly, I must admit that I do not expect anyone at OLPC to join this list. > - OLPC offered XO-1.75 and XO-4 upgrade kits in the past, to upgrade >> XO-1s, but they didn't sell that well; she agreed with Tony's assessment >> that users will run the XO-1 until it fails, and OLPC has no EOL date in >> mind >> >> - OLPC is still offering XO-4s (touch and non-touch) with a minimum order >> of 100 units through the end of this year for sure, and has a few units in >> stock in Miami if anyone wants to buy just one or two; and Leah said they >> could look into updating the laptop.org website to make the offer public >> > I belive SL business is the software We should not pay for any hardware > (besides the servers) that must be provided from PC manufacturers for > development ans testing. We already have experience with Intell locally. > You do not think SL should offer hardware to developers to raise funds? > - OLPC is now also offering a newer model, a classmate-spec machine, and >> will send me details about this; its rugged and branded but not got the >> pixel qi screen. >> >> - OLPC only ships Sugar, and is very happy with it, and wants to support >> the developer community although isn't sure how to so; >> > > And we are very happy supporting the OLPCs too. We would like to continue > doing so in a sustainable way for active members. We should let them know, > we are developing a thematic fund structure for OLPC and other "investors" > to be able to directorate the resources into specific projects. > I agree that they ought to be one of the many companies we approach for funding in the future :) > - OLPC is willing to put me in touch with deployments if I wanted to visit >> them to do user testing of the font editor activity and font design >> workshops for kids >> > > I believe full transparency for technical contacts, year of intervention, > native language, number of machines, etc should be public information as > long as it is public education. > Leah said she could look into how often their customers upgrade Sugar, so I guess I'll speak with her again in a couple of months when I have more information about the font editor and some idea about the upcoming 0.110 release. Cheers Dave
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