[IAEP] Windows is Coming

[Caryl Bigenho]

While I don't "do Windows," I do use Mac, iOS, and Android. What libre hardware do Latin American educational systems have access to now that the OLPC-XO product stream is drying up? Android devices are ubiquitous. iPhones and iOS are found worldwide. That is why Lionel's Sugarlzer running on his advertised "any device" is so appealing. If learners' hardware can't be open source, at least the educational software they use can be.

Caryl

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> On May 20, 2016, at 11:23 PM, Sebastian Silva <sebastian at fuentelibre.org> wrote:
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>> El 20/05/16 a las 09:43, Dave Crossland escribió:
>>> On 20 May 2016 at 09:56, Sebastian Silva <sebastian at fuentelibre.org> wrote:
>>> While I have close-to-zero motivation to have activities run on Windows
>> 
>> Please explain why you feel this way. I am excited about the possibility of running Sugar activities on Windows and Mac OS X. 
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> I have very seriously taken as part of my mission in life is to promote libre technologies because I think they can empower people as they have empowered me.
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> I have a saying "if it's not Free, it doesn't exist" (in Spanish it makes more sense: libre). 
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> While I have made compromises in the past (finally I have a rooted android device, and have used skype to have the kids talk with grandma), I actively avoid all of that like the plague.
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> The fact that Windows is considered a viable alternative for schools is, in my mind, immoral and we do a lot of work (lobby) to discourage this argument in public discourse on the basis of, for instance, native language supportability, technologic sovereignity and long term sustainability. There are huge interests invested in trying to sell Windows (and Android) to our Latin American public education systems and us supporting it would be counterproductive in my humble opinion. While it is technically feasible, and in some instances, as you say, even desirable (for newbies etc), I would rather not. 
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> Finally I don't have (or want) access  to a Windows machine.
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