[IAEP] Sugar Labs Business Model.

[David Farning]

On Mon, 2008-06-02 at 11:56 +0200, Tomeu Vizoso wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 3:30 AM, Greg Dekoenigsberg <gdk at redhat.com>
wrote:
> >
> > Now, Sugar is not just a Linux desktop.  It is laser-focused on a
> > kid-friendly UI, and building an ecosystem of educational activities
built
> > especially for that UI.  (At least, that's my hope.)  Which means
that the
> > companies interested in investing in Sugar will be companies looking
to kick
> > incumbents out of the educational gadget business.
One way to think about it is that Sugar will become a collaborative
platform on which
others will build their educational products.  Thus, no one is being
kicked out of
a market.  OEM and ISV can either: go it alone by building their own
platform, purchase a platform from another vendor, or work with in the
Sugar community to help create a commodity platform on which t base
their product.

For a vendor, each approach has its own advantages and disadvantages.
It is virtually the same analysis for sugar is it is for a Linux Mobile
platform.   

> Just to point out that in my opinion, what we are trying to do is a
> linux desktop with the following characteristics:
> 
> - Optimizes the path to learning.
> - Usable by illiterate people.
> - Minimizes its dependencies on symbols pertaining to any local
culture.
> - Easy to modify and extend by its users.

As a Strategy for marketing these  ideas we can promote the Sugar
platform as:
1.  The vision - Constructionist learning environment.
2.  The UI - I am thinking in terms of Low Floor, High Ceiling and
Cooperation.
3.  The platform
  a. System agnostic - If GTK will run on the system so will Sugar.
  b. Runs on Linux - As a result, the base stack benefits from the large
amount other have all ready invested in making Linux stable enough for
mission critical applications.  The large investment others are
currently making in order to optimize Linux for the handheld market.  
  c. Extendable.
> At least I don't think so much on kids, but then, I just code what I'm
> told to ;)
> 
I understand Walter is working with the FSF onsetting up the Sugar
Foundation, has anyone sought input from the Linux Foundation?

Thanks
Dfarning