[Sugar-devel] Python is good - don't waste time (was Re: The future of Sugar on XO-1s)

[Tony Anderson]

Actually not. The problem is that I really believe the deployed system 
needs to be free, meaning the deployment needs to pay no subscription 
fees or royalties to continue to use the device. Microsoft (and other 
vendors) suffer from the buy once model. All of them are trying to find 
a way to get a stable revenue stream as the telecoms do. Technically, 
the 'cloud' is a sham. There is no way to provide a computer which is 50 
times faster than the one in your hand. So having users execute code on 
a server is a non-starter. HTML is ok because the work is done on the 
client. Cloud storage is ok because the server action is as a file 
server, low processor overhead. Formatting Word documents on a server is 
not economical - unless that is your source of revenue.

Durability yes, but the price premium is 2x. There will (and probably 
are) a plethora of 'head start' computers with such packages. However, 
with Sugar and a school server, we already put them to shame.

Tony

On 04/07/2016 11:24 AM, Dave Crossland wrote:
>
> On 6 April 2016 at 20:49, Tony Anderson <tony_anderson at usa.net 
> <mailto:tony_anderson at usa.net>> wrote:
>
>     Our need is a deployable device - one that can be purchased in
>     quantities of 30+.
>     If we develop a technique to install Sugar on such a device, that
>     can be done for all of them at
>     the time of deployment. So, if anyone can find a suitable tablet
>     with a manageable price (less than $100)
>     and can install Sugar on it from a usb drive - it would be a boon.
>
>
> :D
>
>     Sora Edwards-Thro is planning a deployment with the $50 Kindle
>     Fire (an Android derivative). Her intent
>     is to use Sugarizer. I would recommend adding the GCompris Android
>     version. What she really needs is
>     a Sugarized version of the WriteBook activity. So far, no one has
>     stepped up to take that on. Naturally, the strategic
>     interest is how well the Kindle supports learning.
>
>
> Fascinating!
> I see 
> http://gizmodo.com/amazons-50-fire-tablet-is-the-impulse-buy-that-never-e-1731275123 
> from 2015-09-17:
>
>
>     If what you’re really looking for is durability, though, the $100
>     Fire Kids Edition is the one you probably want. Big, lifeproof
>     rubber bumper, a 2-year no-questions-asked replacement policy, a
>     kid-friendly web browser you can turn off or add whitelisted sites
>     to, and 10,000 pre-approved titles for junior to safely watch.
>
>
>
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