On 6 April 2016 at 17:24, Sean DALY <sdaly...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 5:39 PM, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > >> How many kids is Sugar targetting? >> >> Low millions? Or billions? >> > > A few years ago, I estimated at around 10 million the number of teachers > in classrooms with younger children, and I suggested we target them. Any > teacher-friendly, ultrasimple, reliable setup and maintenance Sugar > solution could work towards that goal. >
> ... > > In my view Sugarizer has a very key role to play - overcoming the > unfamiliarity barrier for teachers. Which could, ironically, boost the > opportunities of the Sugar/GNU solutions. > I agree with all of the above > I do feel that View Source is a key differentiator of Sugar, and I > subscribe to the "low floor, no ceiling" idea. > I think the fact that "View Source" is a famous web browser menu item is poignant for this discussion, especially given the power of the Firebug-style web developer modes of all the big browsers today. I believe the very simplest and most reliable is ... I think we ought to think in terms of addressable market, and for me with that perspective the ranking is, Sugarizer in a browser, Sugarizer installed via packages for existing mobile systems, Sugar/GNU in a VM (which I wonder could be ideally bundled with VM software and presented as a "desktop app"), Sugar/GNU on a stick, Sugar installed via packages for existing GNU systems, Sugarizer/Android preinstalled on hardware Sugar/GNU preinstalled on hardware Sugar/GNU preinstalled on rugged hardware
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