[IAEP] Ncomputing

[Edward Cherlin]

On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 1:18 PM, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com> wrote:
> I had a pissing match with their founder in the WSJ about a year
> ago...

I saw that written up at OLPC News. Yes, Ncomputing is still at it,
just like Intel and Microsoft. Competition, you know. Can't have that.
^_^

> I didn't get any straight answers from him about costs or
> learning.

Nothing usable on the site yesterday. Most of the site is down today.

> But Sugar on their Ubuntu thin client sounds doable.

Perhaps we should have a word with Macedonia and some other countries.
We can't leave all of the sales work to Nicholas any more.

http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/09/17/226807/macedonia-rolls-out-ncomputing-clients-for-all-school.htm

180,000 units

1.8 M in India...

> -walter
>
> On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 4:15 PM, Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Has anybody evaluated Ncomputing's claims on cost, power, and the like
>> for school deployments? For example,
>>
>> http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Interview/Stephen_Dukker_CEO_Ncomputing/articleshow/3820649.cms
>> http://www.ncomputing.com/republic-of-macedonia.aspx
>>
>> They run Ubuntu (or Windows) over thin clients, so they could run
>> Sugar once the packaging problems are fixed (The journal currently
>> saves precisely nothing). Has anybody talked with them?
>>
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