[Marketing] Competitive Landscape: Qimo 4 Kids

[David Farning]

I tried to contact this project a few months ago.  I never got past
their email auto reply:(

david

On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Sean DALY <sdaly.be at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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