[Sugar-devel] The future of Sugar on XO-1s

[Dave Crossland]

Hi Tony

I am eager to read your response to my questions below :)

On 30 May 2016 at 09:38, Dave Crossland <dave at lab6.com> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> On 30 May 2016 at 00:00, Tony Anderson <tony_anderson at usa.net> wrote:
>>
>> I am not sure I understand your reference to 'cheapest computers'.
>
>
> The cheap computers of any year are always much slower, have less RAM, etc
> etc, than median computers of that year.
>
>>
>> As far as I can tell, the Raspberry Pi Zero is a scam.
>
>
> I didn't understand this at all, but after some web searches, I guess you
> mean that (per
> http://betanews.com/2015/12/17/the-5-dollar-raspberry-pi-zero-is-too-damn-expensive/)
> the Pi Zero requires a bunch of peripherals that bring the Total Cost of
> Ownership up to the same as a regular Pi.
>
> Thanks for bringing this to my attention :)
>
>>
>> The pocketchip illustrates
>> the problem with the Raspberry Pi. Once you add the components needed to
>> make a useful, deployable computer - the cost is greater than that of
>> an XO.
>
>
> I still don't understand this, though. What do you think the cost of an XO
> is, and what do you think the cost of a Pi is, and what do you think the
> cost of a PocketCHiP is?
>
>>
>> I have yet to see a computer on the market that offers the capabilities of
>> the XO for olpc deployments.
>
>
> Are XOs on the market?
>
>>
>> On a separate note. I looked at the Vision proposal. It certainly deserves
>> a close look. However, I tried to find out what are 'best practices' only to
>> be shown a perfect example of very bad practice. I followed a series of
>> links only to find not one explained what a best practice is or who decides
>> on
>> what is 'best'. I hope we can do a better job of documentation than that.
>
>
> I agree the link wasn't totally clear, so I added a direct link to the page
> to https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/
>
>
> --
> Cheers
> Dave



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Cheers
Dave