Sameer Verma wrote: > Christoph Derndorfer wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I just stumbled across a very interesting comment by Eduardo Montez over >> on OLPCnews.com >> (http://www.olpcnews.com/laptops/xo1/olpc_news_100_laptop_fundraising_drive.html): >> >> "off topic: I just got an idea for showing people what Sugar can do. >> Some should put up an interactive web site where anyone can sign on for >> free, and all the people who are using it at any time would be the >> community and show up on the gui, connected through the server instead >> of the meshnetwork. That way people could experience the collaborative >> aspect of Sugar, which is its greatest innovation." >> >> I certainly think this is an outstanding idea, even though such an >> implementation is obviously anything but trivial. >> >> Such a virtual "Interactive-Sugar-Online-Simulation (ISOS)" could >> potentially act like one of those "web-operating-systems" that have >> become somewhat popular lately. It would basically allow for children >> who use a regular Windows PC to use at least some of the innovations and >> unique features that Sugar provides. So the requirement for being able >> to benefit from these outstanding developments would shift from "need to >> have an X0" to "need to have some computer with a browser and internet >> connectivity". >> >> What do you think? >> >> Best regards, >> Christoph >> _______________________________________________ >> Sugar mailing list >> Sugar@lists.laptop.org >> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar >> >> > > Christoph, > > If its only a mock-up simulation of the Sugar environment, it could be > done in Flash with some interactivity built in. > > Sameer > > How feasible would it be to run "multiple Sugars" on a terminal server somewhere, and serve it up over the Java VNC client? It would require the least Web-facing modifications.
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