<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 6 April 2016 at 17:24, Sean DALY <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sdaly.be@gmail.com" target="_blank">sdaly.be@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><span><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 5:39 PM, Dave Crossland <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dave@lab6.com" target="_blank">dave@lab6.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>How many kids is Sugar targetting?</div><div><br></div><div>Low millions? Or billions?</div></blockquote></div><br>A few years ago, I estimated at around 10 million the number of teachers in classrooms with younger children, and I suggested we target them. Any teacher-friendly, ultrasimple, reliable setup and maintenance Sugar solution could work towards that goal. </div></span></div></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><span><div class="gmail_extra"> </div></span></div></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><span><div class="gmail_extra">...<br></div></span><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">In my view Sugarizer has a very key role to play - overcoming the unfamiliarity barrier for teachers. Which could, ironically, boost the opportunities of the Sugar/GNU solutions.<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I agree with all of the above<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"></div><div class="gmail_extra">I do feel that View Source is a key differentiator of Sugar, and I subscribe to the "low floor, no ceiling" idea.</div></div></blockquote></div><div><br>I think the fact that "View Source" is a famous web browser menu item is poignant for this discussion, especially given the power of the Firebug-style web developer modes of all the big browsers today.</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I believe the very simplest and most reliable is ...</blockquote><div><br></div><div>I think we ought to think in terms of addressable market, and for me with that perspective the ranking is,</div><div><br></div><div>Sugarizer in a browser,<br></div><div><br></div><div>Sugarizer installed via packages for existing mobile systems,<br></div><div><br></div><div>Sugar/GNU in a VM (which I wonder could be ideally bundled with VM software and presented as a "desktop app"),<br></div><div><br></div><div>Sugar/GNU on a stick,</div><div><br></div><div>Sugar installed via packages for existing GNU systems,</div><div><div><br></div><div>Sugarizer/Android preinstalled on hardware<br></div><div><br></div><div>Sugar/GNU preinstalled on hardware<br></div><div><br></div><div>Sugar/GNU preinstalled on rugged hardware<br></div></div><div><br></div><div> </div>
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