[Sugar-devel] Sugar Outreach Plans 2019 - PyCon Cleveland (Tony Anderson)

[Tony Anderson]

Agreed. I think Sugarizer has a better immediate opportunity to attract 
new users than Sugar/Python.

On 4/15/19 5:37 PM, Lionel Laské wrote:
>
> Hi Tony,
>
> +1 on this.
>
> BTW Sugar/Python is not the only way to grow user base.
> For your information, we're currently deploying Sugarizer in 3 schools 
> in the Saint-Ouen city near Paris. It means about 150 Android tablets 
> with Sugarizer OS installed on it, used by few hundred children.
>
> Regards.
>
>         Lionel.
>
>
> Le lun. 15 avr. 2019 à 11:03, <sugar-devel-request at lists.sugarlabs.org 
> <mailto:sugar-devel-request at lists.sugarlabs.org>> a écrit :
>
>
>     Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 15:42:52 +0800
>     From: Tony Anderson <tony_anderson at usa.net
>     <mailto:tony_anderson at usa.net>>
>     To: sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
>     <mailto:sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org>
>     Subject: Re: [Sugar-devel] Sugar Outreach Plans 2019 - PyCon Cleveland
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>     What Sugar Labs needs to survive is users. If our count of active
>     users
>     reaches zero, there will be no need for developers (or Sugar Labs).
>
>     A Conference like PyCon is an opportunity to show that Sugar is a
>     viable
>     educational platform. So marketing does not need to be concerned
>     about
>     $, it needs to be concerned about the characteristics of Sugar
>     that make
>     it an attractive option for educators. At such a conference it is
>     possible to make presentations - ofen there is an educational track.
>     More importantly there is an opportunity to have an exhibit (booth).
>     This booth can provide many examples of Sugar running on platforms
>     other
>     than the XO (make sure there some XO pictures visible since this
>     attracts interest to a booth.) Sugarizer can demonstrate that
>     Sugar is
>     available for smartphones, tablets and other devices. Sugar can
>     show its
>     capabilities on Ubuntu, Raspbian. Windows is a special case since
>     Miccrosoft has been able to lock educators into Windows. Showing that
>     Sugar is viable in a Windows-based deployment may be beyond our
>     current
>     cabability.
>
>     Our goal should be to attract new contributors and to find new
>     deployment opportunities.
>
>     Tony
>
>
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