Thanks for answering the roll call. And now, a question.

[Jeff Spaleta]

On 4/17/07, Tom Hoffman <tom.hoffman at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think Red Hat should put all its eggs in the OLPC basket.
>
> I don't see anything about the XO and Sugar that wouldn't solve
> problems right here in the south side of Providence, RI.  That is,
> unless OLPC Just Doesn't Work, in which case it will be of no use to
> anyone, here or abroad.


I think there is definitely room to move towards introduction of Sugar
into US schools..sure. But I think you need to make some less
aggressive targets for near term successes that build inroads into US
local school systems at all levels that matter: teachers, IT
departments, and school boards;  before can can have a constructive
serious discussion about Sugar as a new an exciting forward looking
technology.

Less aggressive targets would include well-packaged and sustainable
moodle deployments and an establishment of a teacher/open-technology
development network. You get those in place and you make school
systems feel comfortable working with Red Hat as a partner in
developing technical solutions and you have a starting point towards
focusing a larger community towards Sugar as the new interface for
educational computing.

-jef"The Openmind network: Where education finds open technology
solutions"spaleta