Squeak, <a href="http://squeakland.org/">http://squeakland.org/</a>, and Etoys apps can also run on all the platforms and soon on web browsers as well.<div><br></div><div><a href="http://n2.nabble.com/Etoys-packaging-(was:-SugarPlatform-0.84.0-on-Mandriva)-tc2485667.html">http://n2.nabble.com/Etoys-packaging-(was:-SugarPlatform-0.84.0-on-Mandriva)-tc2485667.html</a><br> <div><br></div><div> --Fred<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Greg Dekoenigsberg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gdk@redhat.com">gdk@redhat.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> <br> On Tue, 17 Mar 2009, Shawn Willden wrote:</blockquote><div>... </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> > One thing that we should think about, to help motivate teacher participation,<br> > is how we can deliver the project applications on other platforms --<br> > primarily Windows.<br> ><br> > I understand the controversy with regard to porting Sugar to Windows, but I<br> > think we'll get a LOT more interest and support from teachers if what they're<br> > working on is something they can use in their own classrooms which, at least<br> > for the teachers where I live, means on computers running Windows.<br> ><br> > Is there a reasonably easy way to ensure that math4 applications can run on<br> > both the real target environment and on Windows? Is there some subset of the<br> > Sugar APIs we can use to make this easy? Is being limited to that subset<br> > going to unacceptably constrain the math4 apps?<br> ><br> > Perhaps we can explore other options, like Sugar on a Linux VM that's<br> > relatively easy to distribute and install?<br> ><br> > I'm not sure what the options are, but I am sure that enabling the<br> > participating teachers to use the math4 apps with their own students will<br> > really help the project.<br> <br> This is, frankly, a tricky problem, and different people will give you<br> dramatically different opinions. Here are my two principles for Mongo:<br> <br> 1. I choose python because it runs everywhere.<br> <br> 2. Sugarization can and should be optional. (Right now, Mongo isn't<br> Sugarized at all.)<br> <br> So, Mongo should run on Windows. I would encourage others to make sure<br> that they choose Python apps that can run on Windows.<br> <br> --g<br> <font color="#888888"><br> --<br> Got an XO that you're not using? Loan it to a needy developer!<br> [[ <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_Exchange_Registry" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_Exchange_Registry</a> ]]<br> <br> _______________________________________________<br> FourthGradeMath mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:FourthGradeMath@lists.sugarlabs.org">FourthGradeMath@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/fourthgrademath" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/fourthgrademath</a><br> </font></blockquote></div><br></div></div>