[IAEP] 172 XO-1s for $24 each (+ freight) $4,000 total

[Sam Parkinson]

Hi Dave,

They are XO1s... does Sugar run OK on the XO1?

$100 seems steep for an XO1.  In the USA, apparently less than $100 
yeilds you a "tablet" from "Walmart" (can't vouch for anything... just 
searched it on the net) [1].  Maybe sell it for less?  Or try $100 and 
see if we need to go lower?

But at $75 or $50, that's a nice thing to put on the frontpage of the 
site.  This will be amazing.  We can setup the infrastructure for 
selling devices, sending updates to people, etc.  We can empower 
deployment who need the hardware.

The "profit" can probably be invested in things we need.  Devel work?  
More capital for selling more devices (aka. things other than XO1)?  
Anyway, that is off topic... we can deal with that if the money 
actually eventuates.

But it is also great for our growth.  Not everybody installs OSes, but 
most people are familiar with the idea of buying a box of hardware.  Is 
$75 expensive?  In a school budget yes probably.  But there are 
defiantly some people who would be willing to spend it.

This is a very good use of the SL capital.

We obviously need to think about the risk.  If we spend $4000 on XOs, 
at the price of $75, we need to sell 50 (+more to cover postage costs) 
to make the money back.  Is that likely?  I would say yes... that is 
about 2 classes of students.

Of course, people will argue that it is not SL's job to get involved in 
selling hardware.  On the same token, nobody would say that is NOT SL's 
job to promote Sugar.  Selling a small batch of hardware is just a way 
of promoting our software.  This isn't OLPC scale, SL is not becoming 
an OEM... it is "Uncle Dave's Phone Repair Shop" scale.

Thanks,
Sam

[1]  
http://www.walmart.com/ip/RCA-Viking-Pro-10.1-2-in-1-Tablet-32GB-Quad-Core/45804384

On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 3:07 PM, Dave Crossland <dave at lab6.com> wrote:
> Hi
> 
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Qty-172-OLPC-One-Laptop-Per-Child-XO-1-w-7-5-TFT-256MB-RAM-1024KB-ROM-/262478690514
> 
> I propose that Sugar Labs buy these, image them with the 0.110
> release, and sale them to raise funds; individual units regularly
> clear $100 each, so this will raise around $13,000
> 
> --
> Cheers
> Dave
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