[mdlug] one laptop per child review

[Michael]

But that leads to the arguments that everything is built upon this white and
western process that everything should be fileable and organized in
filesystems. I think Sugar was a bit of an overly ambitious idea, but you
have to appreciate the fact that it challenges the status quo. Otherwise we
wouldn't really know that our system is the best out there.

We also need to wonder which system is easier for someone completely new to
computers. We are all way too enthralled in the computer world to make that
decision.


mNewman


On Jan 18, 2008 1:52 PM, Michael S. Mikowski <z_mikowski at yahoo.com> wrote:

> On Friday 18 January 2008, Ingles, Raymond wrote:
> > > From: Brian Hurley
> > >
> > > I wrote a review of the Old Laptop Per Child XO laptop
> > > (formery known as
> > > the $100 laptop.
> > >
> > > http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/01/17/review_xo_laptop_hands_on/
> >
> >  Looks interesting, and could be useful with a bit of evolution of
> > the interfaces.
> >
> ... or complete replacement.
>
> Honestly, Sugar, in retrospect, was an overly ambitious project that
> boldy denies the philosophy of the very OS upon it was built.  In
> Linux, everything is a file.  On Sugar, nothing is a file.
>
> I'd take components of Sugar and bolt in to a standard Gnome interface.
> Gnome, with its continuing removal of user options, should be simple
> enough in its own right for most children.  And, continuing maintenance
> costs would go down.
>
> Lets face it, the only reason XP (yes, XP!) is gaining traction on the
> OLPC project is because Sugar is much less than sweet.  And I'm being
> nice.
>
> $0.02
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> Mike
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