[IAEP] FW: [OLPC Bolivia] No logro aprender Sugar / I cannot learn Sugar why would YOU want to?

[Bert Freudenberg]

On 15.06.2011, at 14:03, Chris Ball wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, Jun 15 2011, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
>>> Maybe it's just me but I replied how I felt as I read what was written.
>>> So, I still want to know what his purpose is for spending time with the
>>> olpc? Based on what I read, he sees the apple as our competitor. I could
>>> have done without the apple promo.
>> 
>> Well, Sugar as installed on the XO is much less polished and versatile
>> than most other operating systems in wider use. Carlos simply compared
>> Sugar to the OS most familiar to him. His point would still be mostly
>> valid had he compared it to $YOUR_FAVORITE_OS.
> 
> Well, not really.  Consider:
> 
>   Let's imagine now that Debian directors decide to save money by
>   firing all the great programmers they employ, dedicated to write
>   their operating systems.  Let´s imagine they decide that a group of
>   volunteers, worldwide, with a horizontal organization without chiefs,
>   is the latest model in modern business management.  What would
>   happen?  How much longer would Debian survive?  Days?  Hours?

Hehe, too general, indeed. Try reading it with Ubuntu for Debian though?

In any case, that wasn't even the major point. Debian is more polished and versatile than Sugar on the XO, wouldn't you agree?

- Bert -