<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 1:56 AM, Tony Anderson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tony_anderson@usa.net" target="_blank">tony_anderson@usa.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    <div class="m_925227956206754107moz-cite-prefix">Hi, Laura<br>
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        With your and Walter's opinions, may be it is time to rethink
        mine.<br></span></div></div></blockquote><div>Tony,</div><div><br></div><div>One nice thing about the community that Laura mentioned is that it is supportive of multiple points of view.</div><div><br></div><div>That said, Google's mission statement doesn't even mention search.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div class="m_925227956206754107moz-cite-prefix"><span class="m_925227956206754107site-text">
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        With Sebastian's techniques the software tools can be run in any
        Gnome-compatible desktop. There is no need for Sugar.<br></span></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>There is no need for Sugar to run Sugar apps, at least in theory (in practice i have not had much luck applying "Sebastian's techniques). But the Sugar Desktop is central to how those apps are used in support of our mission.</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div class="m_925227956206754107moz-cite-prefix"><span class="m_925227956206754107site-text">
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        SFC does not permit Sugar Labs to have labs. So without Sugar
        and without labs, perhaps after this mission statement, we to
        consider how to rename the project.</span></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>The SFC never developed the instruments to allow us to directly support our "labs" financially, one of the long-standing struggles we have had. But we can and do still provide other mechanisms of support. (again i refer to the community that Laura mentioned and the body of work it produces.)</div><div><br></div><div>regards.</div><div><br></div><div>-walter</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div class="m_925227956206754107moz-cite-prefix"><span class="m_925227956206754107site-text"><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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      On 04/28/2017 11:48 AM, Laura Vargas wrote:<br>
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            <div class="gmail_quote">2017-04-27 22:37 GMT-05:00 Tony
              Anderson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tony_anderson@usa.net" target="_blank">tony_anderson@usa.net</a>></span>:<br>
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              <div>I hope you mean this in the good way! I certainly
                believe names of the tools we facilitate to children
                should be as accurate as possible. I partly joined Sugar
                Labs Community because of  this basic design principle.<br>
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                    is important about Sugar Labs is Sugar and
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              <div>That's your opinion and it's Ok to have an opinion. <br>
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                In my case my opinion is what is important about Sugar
                Labs is the Community = users + supporters.<br>
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              <div>Regards and blessings to you<br>
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                            <div>Laura V.<br>
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                                    “Solo la tecnología libre nos hará
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font><font>Walter Bender</font></font><br><font><font>Sugar Labs</font></font></div><div><font><a href="http://www.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank"><font>http://www.sugarlabs.org</font></a></font><br><a href="http://www.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank"><font></font></a><br></div></div></div>
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