[IAEP] Notes on Sugar on Virtual Box work session with a Math and Science teacher

[Benjamin M. Schwartz]

Caroline Meeks wrote:
> What can she do for a Jabber server.

Does she need one?  Sugar has serverless collaboration that works very
well... as long as there isn't too much collaboration traffic for the
network to handle.  The maximum number of students seems to vary between
20 and 40, depending on wireless network hardware, physical classroom
layout, RF environment, etc.  The limits are probably much higher for
wired networks.

In other words, if she is only working with one classroom, she probably
doesn't need a server.  If the laptops are plugged into a wired network,
then a server is even less likely to be necessary.

If a server is necessary... that's trickier.  Setting up a server is a lot
of work.  Personally, I think "XS as a service" would be a great business
for some enterprising company (or even Sugar Labs itself, though that
seems less likely these days), and a free taster limited to 30 students
per school might be just the way to get started.

--Ben

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