Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs - Good starting position.

2008-08-05 Thread Bernie Innocenti
Greg Dekoenigsberg wrote: On Mon, 4 Aug 2008, Sameer Verma wrote: I think its important to change that perception because people who are not on the lists don't see the traffic but do remember the media trash that flew around back when the Windows thing happened. Well, I'm not sure the media

[IAEP] Sugar Labs - Good starting position.

2008-08-04 Thread David Farning
I would like to apologize for my absence over the last weeks. I have been trying to determine if Sugar is a viable project and if Sugar Labs is a viable organization. For the weeks prior to my break, I have been working on community outreach. Community outreach has meant contacting grassroots

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs - Good starting position.

2008-08-04 Thread Greg Dekoenigsberg
On Mon, 4 Aug 2008, David Farning wrote: I would like to apologize for my absence over the last weeks. I have been trying to determine if Sugar is a viable project and if Sugar Labs is a viable organization. For the weeks prior to my break, I have been working on community outreach.

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs - Good starting position.

2008-08-04 Thread Walter Bender
It would be helpful to understand the correlation between the organizations you've been talking to and their positive/negative assessments of Sugar. Indeed, relative to any other learning project I am aware of, Sugar has a large and vibrant (and outspoken) community of developers, which we all

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs - Good starting position.

2008-08-04 Thread Polychronis Ypodimatopoulos
Greg Dekoenigsberg wrote: 2. Lack of vision. The second reason organizations hesitate to become involved with Sugar Labs is our lack of vision. There is a perception that Sugar development has stalled. I agree that it's vital to get people who love Sugar together to articulate a

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs - Good starting position.

2008-08-04 Thread Greg Dekoenigsberg
On Tue, 5 Aug 2008, Marco Pesenti Gritti wrote: 2. Lack of vision. The second reason organizations hesitate to become involved with Sugar Labs is our lack of vision. There is a perception that Sugar development has stalled. This surprises me a lot. I can't think of an open source project

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs - Good starting position.

2008-08-04 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 2:20 PM, David Farning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to apologize for my absence over the last weeks. I have been trying to determine if Sugar is a viable project and if Sugar Labs is a viable organization. I find it always worthwhile to question whether I and