<div>I am a U. S. Government contractor I would like to hire persons to do work on Sugar on a Stick.</div>
<div>So Kill Me or work for Me. I will not fail My Country. I would like to buy another company to have their software for OLPC.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 12:57 AM, Sebastian Dziallas <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sebastian@when.com">sebastian@when.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div style="PADDING-RIGHT: 1px"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 17px">The Short Version: As many of you might have noticed, my activities within Sugar Labs have been fading lately. I'd like to take the only responsible step and hand my responsibilities off.</span></font></div>
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<div style="PADDING-RIGHT: 1px"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 17px">The Long Version: I didn't expect to see myself writing this email. I'm currently a student at Olin working really hard to make it through finals and at the same time fighting RSI and dealing with other things (<a href="http://sdziallas.com/blog/sebastian/2010/11/a-kid-in-the-candy-store.html" target="_blank">http://sdziallas.com/blog/sebastian/2010/11/a-kid-in-the-candy-store.html</a>). But I also feel that I've been dragging this e-mail out way too long. I'm sorry. Nevertheless, I'm proud of what we accomplished over the past years.</span></font></div>
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<div style="PADDING-RIGHT: 1px"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 17px">I have great memories from the initial release of Sugar on a Stick at LinuxTag (<a href="http://sdziallas.com/blog/sebastian/2009/06/strawberries-for-everyone-now.html" target="_blank">http://sdziallas.com/blog/sebastian/2009/06/strawberries-for-everyone-now.html</a>) and I still smile when I think of how we recovered from the ridiculous unsustainability of the second release (<a href="http://opensource.com/education/09/12/tasty-blueberry" target="_blank">http://opensource.com/education/09/12/tasty-blueberry</a>) and eventually even made the third release as a team together (<a href="http://sdziallas.com/blog/sebastian/2010/05/mirabelles-they-are-there.html" target="_blank">http://sdziallas.com/blog/sebastian/2010/05/mirabelles-they-are-there.html</a>). Looking back, I found myself skimming old wiki pages and blog posts (<a href="http://blog.melchua.com/2010/06/04/the-history-of-the-soas-mirabelle-release-learning-from-the-past/" target="_blank">http://blog.melchua.com/2010/06/04/the-history-of-the-soas-mirabelle-release-learning-from-the-past/</a>).</span></font></div>
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<div style="PADDING-RIGHT: 1px"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 17px">I'm particularly thankful for the experiences I had and the people I met. However, I feel that it's time to move on. I'll be unsubscribing from a couple of mailing lists, but I'll continue to work on bridging open source and education on various levels and I'm always open to direct email. Just a ping away. Email this address.</span></font></div>
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<div style="PADDING-RIGHT: 1px"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 17px">For Sugar on a Stick, Peter Robinson has alreading been leading the effort up to the latest Mango Lassi release of Sugar on a Stick and done an incredible work over the past year, leaving me confident that everything was taken care of when I had to focus on my studies (both in Germany and the US). I know from personal experience that taking on this work isn't an easy task and I don't want to assume that you're just going to continue doing it infinitely. It is your call. But you've done a great job. Thanks, Peter!</span></font></div>
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<div style="PADDING-RIGHT: 1px"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 17px">Good luck Sugar Labs. You've come a long way. Don't lose track of your mission.</span></font></div>
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