<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>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.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Caryl<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On May 20, 2016, at 11:23 PM, Sebastian Silva <<a href="mailto:sebastian@fuentelibre.org">sebastian@fuentelibre.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p></p>El 20/05/16 a las 09:43, Dave Crossland escribió:<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 20 May 2016 at 09:56, Sebastian Silva
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close-to-zero motivation to have activities run on Windows</blockquote>
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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.<br>
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I have a saying "if it's not <i>Free,</i> it doesn't exist" (in
Spanish it makes more sense: <i>libre</i>)<i>. <br>
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</i>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.<br>
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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. <br>
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Finally I don't have (or want) access to a Windows machine.<br>
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