On 5/22/08, Todd Cranston-Cuebas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think it's worth noting that with the announcement of the new 2.0 spec on > the hardware, you're going to get even more backlash of current G1G1 > participants feeling like they helped to fund and purchase a system that is > basically really a serious work in progress and test bed for the new system. > Again, impression counts.
I'm not sure exactly what you mean. About a million kids will be using the XO-1, in *just this calendar year*. The XO-2 will not be ready until 2010 at the earliest. How do you feel that the XO-1 is merely a test bed? This is a serious question: if this impression is widespread, we need to do a better job communicating, and your help in discovering what we still haven't said is important. (See http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-May/013694.html for my previous best effort.) --scott p.s. was my Commodore VIC-20 "merely a test bed" for the Commodore 64 which came after it, or the Amiga which came after that? The VIC-20 was the best machine and best software available at the time, as was the C64 when it arrived later. pps. a little bird told me we've managed to ink deals with several more countries on the strength of our country meetings this week, which were 99% XO-1 related, even though we also used the opportunity to announce the XO-2. Don't imagine that we're not working on the XO-1. Rather, it's the XO-2 which is currently just an inkling of an idea. -- ( http://cscott.net/ ) _______________________________________________ Sugar mailing list Sugar@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar