So long and thanks for all the fish.

2013-06-19 Thread Richard A. Smith
This is my public announcement that I'm leaving OLPC. I have accepted a new position at Bobo Analytics. My last day with OLPC is the 21st. At Bobo I'll be working along side with Ed McNierney and Mitch Bradly so it won't feel too far away from OLPC. The last 6.5 years have been an amazing

Re: So long and thanks for all the fish.

2013-06-19 Thread Kevin Gordon Gmail
Mr. Smith:On behalf of all of us in Canada, and our projects in Africa and here, thank you very much for all of your invaluable assistance.Going forward, just remember the answer to the primal question is always 42.Cheers,KG

Re: [Server-devel] Best XSCE strategy for us in Pacific with XO-1.5 2GB Testing XSCE 3 on XO 1.5 2GB os855

2013-06-19 Thread George Hunt
David Leeming, I went ahead, using the 64GB SD, and loaded my current development branch of XSCE on top of the OS 13.1.0 which I loaded via fs-update devalias on xo-1.5 successfully (almost). The almost is probably related to a download error of the ejabberd rpm (it's md5sum did not match

RE: Devel Digest, Vol 88, Issue 19

2013-06-19 Thread lionel
Hi Richard, Very sad to hear that. You've been one of the most important people for communities. Your knowledge of the hardware help us many time in many way. Wish you all the best for your new job. Best regards from France and a big thanks from the 250 XO owners of OLPC France laptops that

Re: So long and thanks for all the fish.

2013-06-19 Thread Mike Lee
Richard, If there is an award for most electrons saved while delivering learning to children globally, you should get it. Your dedication to hyper-efficient power consumption in the XO continues to effect a significant differentiator in the product. But more than product focus, I benefited often

an anecdote from Bhagmalpur

2013-06-19 Thread Sameer Verma
An interesting anecdote from Bhagmalpur, India (http://bhagmalpur.wordpress.com) We just turned on the Internet two weeks ago (thx to Anish Mangal and Kartik Perisetla), but power has been largely missing. The server and Wi-Fi paraphernalia lives at my uncle's house. The kids miss the access a

Re: So long and thanks for all the fish.

2013-06-19 Thread Sameer Verma
On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 8:15 AM, Richard A. Smith rich...@laptop.org wrote: This is my public announcement that I'm leaving OLPC. I have accepted a new position at Bobo Analytics. My last day with OLPC is the 21st. At Bobo I'll be working along side with Ed McNierney and Mitch Bradly so it