[Marketing] Competitive Landscape: Qimo 4 Kids

[Sean DALY]

Thanks Mike

Bernie had spotted this a while ago, if you have a moment read through
this thread:
http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2009-February/004217.html

This general discussion about competitors is of interest too:
 http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2009-March/004328.html

Sean



On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 7:02 PM, Mike Lee <curiouslee at gmail.com> wrote:
> Kevin Cole of our Learning Club pointed this out to me:
>
>
> http://www.qimo4kids.com/page/What-is-Qimo.aspx
>
> "Qimo is a desktop operating system designed for kids. Based on the open
> source Ubuntu Linux desktop, Qimo comes pre-installed with educational games
> for children aged 3 and up.
>
> Qimo's interface has been designed to be intuitive and easy to use,
> providing large icons for all installed games, so that even the youngest
> users have no trouble selecting the activity they want."
>
> And from their FAQ:
>
> http://www.qimo4kids.com/page/FAQ.aspx
>
> Q: Why not use Sugar from the OLPC project? A: Sugar is a very good
> interface for the OLPC computers it was made for, but many of the design
> decisions and interfaces don't work nearly as well on standard PCs. Qimo
> uses a customized XFCE interface to provide a fast, lightweight, and most
> importantly an easy to navigate interface that works well with standard
> computers, monitors and keyboards.
>
>
> Here's a review, but not much mention of what kids' software is included.
>
> http://www.raiden.net/articles/review_qimo_linux_for_kids/
>
>
> Mike
>
>
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