tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21150821.post5887050999854858925..comments2023-08-28T17:46:29.286-04:00Comments on New Jack Librarian: OLPC : hubris or fraudMitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17662779929151451964noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21150821.post-61910817426391223162008-05-21T14:00:00.000-04:002008-05-21T14:00:00.000-04:00hey mita, i think i messed this up last time, igno...<I>hey mita, i think i messed this up last time, ignore if this is the second submission - great post!</I><BR/><BR/>If <A HREF="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Main_Page" REL="nofollow">sugar labs</A> can infuse sugar with a broader development base, there still might be hope that the XO could be a viable platform for education and child-friendly computing. But it may be too late for that, the community dynamic and goodwill has been horribly squandered within the project, and I wonder if it would take a wholesale adoption of sugar by another established community to keep the XO from becoming just another example of cheap conduit for microsoft dependencies. Sugar probably needs an advocate and friend like <A HREF="http://www.ubuntu.com/community/ubuntustory" REL="nofollow">Mark Shuttleworth</A>, and a more pronounced synergy with the <A HREF="http://www.ubuntu.com/products/WhatIsUbuntu/edubuntu" REL="nofollow">Edubuntu</A> project. Possible more than with any other linux distribution, the Ubuntu folks have been willing to blend technology with advocacy, and this situation is such a mess that it might take this level of intervention to get things back on track.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01359164101559582554noreply@blogger.com