On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 2:58 PM, Dinesh Shah (દિનેશ શાહ/दिनेश शाह) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Sameer, > > On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 8:04 AM, Sameer Verma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hello Linuxers, >> >> I am visiting from San Francisco on vacation. I have been working with >> the One Laptop per Child project in volunteer capacity for a few years >> now. I organize and host meetings for the OLPC San Francisco group. >> Most of my research revolves around FOSS as innovation, and >> sustainable IT infrastructures. Projects I've worked with: Ubuntu, >> Fedora, Asterisk, OpenMoko, Maemo, Nocat, Jabber, Moodle, Drupal, etc. > > It's nice to know about your contributions in FOSS. > >> I was referred to this group by someone, so this is a shot in the dark >> :-) I am not sure if any of you are involved in OLPC efforts both in >> India and worldwide. Here are a few basic facts: The OLPC project is >> based largely on Fedora (7 and 9) and runs on XO laptops that are >> powered by a 433MHz x86 Geode processor with 256 MB RAM. The laptop >> itself consumes a max of 8 watts. There are approx 600,000 OLPC XO >> laptops in the field with children worldwide - the next generation - >> with 55,000 laptops shipping out each month. Sounds like fun, doesn't >> it? ;-) > > We as group is not directly involved with OLPC. However, many members > of the list may have worked on OLPC or other similar project. Many > more would be interested in knowing more and ways to get involved. > >> I will be in Mumbai until the 26th. If there is any interest, I'd be >> happy to meet/present on the project, its approach, the role of FOSS, >> etc. Ping me on or offlist. I'm also copying Amit Gogna of Reliance >> who has worked with this project in India and has been instrumental in >> the first pilot study. Maybe some of you can connect with him. > > We just yesterday held a ILUG-Bom meet @ Powai. Next is scheduled > either on 16th or 23rd Nov. However, we can have BoF like session at > the venue of your choice before your departure and all interested > people can participate. > > And Hello to Amit. I hope you are on the list? > >> cheers, >> Sameer >> -- >> Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. >> Associate Professor of Information Systems >> San Francisco State University >> San Francisco CA 94132 USA >> http://verma.sfsu.edu/ >> http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ > > Will be happy to meet in BoF and learn more about OLPC and accessible > computing. > With regards, > -- > --Dinesh Shah :-) > Shah Micro System > +91-98213-11906 > Blog-1: http://dineshah.wordpress.com/ > Blog-2: http://dineshah.blogspot.com/ > Bob Hope - "A James Cagney love scene is one where he lets the other guy > live." >
Hi Dinesh, My schedule is filling up quickly, but we could meet up for an informal BoF on Wednesday or Friday...maybe even Saturday. I am located in Santa Cruz and my geography of Mumbai is rather poor, so one of you guys will have to arrange for a location. I have a meeting with Amit on Thursday, so I'll work on getting something going between the lug and their efforts. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
