Actually, I would argue that an operating system that doesn't
natively host its development tools is not appropriate for OLPC's
target audience.
Self hosting is not an absolute requirement. You just have traded an
existing, usable developer environment (like Eclipse) for the
possibility of
What makes you think that this will be a proprietary version of Android?
Android is licensed Apache 2.0 with kernel patches as GPLv2[1], although
there have been some proprietary apps and customizations on top.
I hadn't looked closely enough to see the detailed licensing. But I'd
seen the
I hadn't looked closely enough to see the detailed licensing. But I'd
seen the news stories about Google cease-and-desists to the guys making
improved free versions. Is a useful fully-free version readily
available, as a practical option?
The guy bundled the not free Google
On 24.12.2009, at 12:59, NoiseEHC wrote:
You know, Android OS solves exactly the same problems Sugar has
been created to solve
O RLY?
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I'm with Bert. What problems has Android solved that Sugar was created to
solve, in your opinion?
On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 6:04 AM, Bert Freudenberg b...@freudenbergs.dewrote:
On 24.12.2009, at 12:59, NoiseEHC wrote:
You know, Android OS solves exactly the same problems Sugar has
been
On Dec 24, 2009, at 6:59 AM, NoiseEHC wrote:
...
debug. You know, Android OS solves exactly the same problems Sugar has
been created to solve just it is faster, uses less memory, much
prettier, has an usable developer environment...
Actually, I would argue that an operating system that
What: Sugar / Android
What is the same:
Application complexity: Simple (Activities) / Simple (Activities)
Data storage: Ditch filesystem (central Journal) / Ditch filesystem (app
specific SQLite storage)
UI: Simple (ugly) / Simple (cool)
Computer experience of target audience: Low (children)
We don't necessarily need to build it, Negroponte told Forbes. We just
need to threaten to build it.
Looks like Notion Ink has already done so, sort of:
http://www.slashgear.com/notion-ink-tegra-android-smartpad-uses-pixel-qi-display-1866308/
The OS is proprietary (android), it would
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 6:14 PM, John Gilmore g...@toad.com wrote:
The OS is proprietary (android), it would probably fail it you dropped
it in a puddle and it has too many radios...
What makes you think that this will be a proprietary version of Android?
Android is licensed Apache 2.0 with
