[Marketing] [Sugar-devel] Marketing to parents...

[Dave Bauer]

>
> I'll be happy to repackage the binaries, but I'd rather not start until we
> decide on a virtualization platform.
>
> It's very important to make these sort of decisions at the beginning,
> because most of the work (IMHO) will be getting the VM software to configure
> properly (as well as legal rights as with redistributing VMWare player if we
> decide to go that route).
>
> Here's a breakdown of the different popular VM products as I understand:
>
>    - VMWare Player: Robust and popular, but good integration is not
>    available in the Free version unless one installs VMWare Server, which,
>    while an excellent product, is too complicated for the average user.
>    Moreover, it cannot be redistributed until one signs a legal agreement with
>    VMWare and waits for it to come back countersigned :(
>
>    - VirtualBox: Again, popular. As with above, for the functionality
>    we'll have to use the non-FLOSS edition, but Sun has very liberal use
>    agreements and the software can be configured with a great deal of
>    simplicity. Has proper desktop integration (resizable windows that
>    auto-update the display, pointer integration, USB support, etcetera)
>
>
Virtualbox also runs on Windows and OS X. There is likely a signifigant user
base among educators and parents that use OS X. This makes it a good choice
because we can use the same platform on Windows and OS X. Of course, it also
runs on Linux, but Linux users are more accepting or a slightly more
complicated solution.

They key to distributing this installer is to make the end result be an icon
on the desktop or in a menu that starts sugar in a window on their desktop
without an confusing extraneous information. I am not sure how realistic
that goal is with current technology we have to work with.

Dave

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Dave Bauer
dave at solutiongrove.com
http://www.solutiongrove.com
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