Re: [IAEP] Sugar/OLPC Relations

2016-06-04 Thread Dave Crossland
On 3 June 2016 at 22:42, Samuel Greenfeld wrote: > My personal answer (at least in past private discussions) has been to end > support sometime in 2020. > Thanks for the thoughtful explanation of the 2020 date :) I think 1/1/2020 is good. How can we find out how many XO-1 are in active use toda

Re: [IAEP] Sugar/OLPC Relations

2016-06-04 Thread Dave Crossland
On 4 June 2016 at 09:35, Samuel Greenfeld wrote: > when I was discussing this with Peter a while back Peter who? :) ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

Re: [IAEP] Sugar/OLPC Relations

2016-06-04 Thread Samuel Greenfeld
Yes it is possible to use external batteries with XOs. But at what point will the costs of distributing those batteries along with spare/recycled parts make the marginal cost of distributing modern, cheap, disposable computers worth it? I should probably note that the 2020 deadline originally cam

Re: [IAEP] Sugar/OLPC Relations

2016-06-04 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Could a small external battery pak, like we see so many of these days, be used to power an XO? You would need a suitable cable. Caryl Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 3, 2016, at 11:43 PM, Samuel Greenfeld wrote: > >> On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 12:02 AM, Dave Crossland wrote: >> Sam, I am eager to le

Re: [IAEP] Sugar/OLPC Relations

2016-06-03 Thread Samuel Greenfeld
On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 12:02 AM, Dave Crossland wrote: > Sam, I am eager to learn what you personally think the date should be :) > My personal answer (at least in past private discussions) has been to end support sometime in 2020. The logic behind that being: - OLPC no longer makes any bat

Re: [IAEP] Sugar/OLPC Relations

2016-06-03 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi On 3 June 2016 at 21:10, Samuel Greenfeld wrote: > (Intentionally top-posted) > > On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 1:00 AM, Dave Crossland wrote: > >> >>>- A definite end-of-life date needs to put on XO-1 support. >>> >>> Sure! What do you think that date should be, Sam? >> > Sam, I am eager to le

[IAEP] Sugar/OLPC Relations

2016-06-03 Thread Samuel Greenfeld
(Intentionally top-posted) On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 1:00 AM, Dave Crossland wrote: > >>- A definite end-of-life date needs to put on XO-1 support. >> >> Sure! What do you think that date should be, Sam? > > What do other people think? > > I offer that Sugar Labs should follow OLPC Inc's lead o