<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 12:58 PM, Bryan Berry <<a href="mailto:bryan.berry@gmail.com">bryan.berry@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Our pilots at Bishwamitra and Bashuki schools start this Friday and I couldn't be more excited. </blockquote><div> Fantastic.  Please keep up a steady photo stream!   The rest of your email is perfectly put.     --SJ </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> I find this discussion about the future of OLPC frankly *annoying* and tiresome. The future of OLPC isn't at 1CC. It's at pilot schools around the world. It's in the hands of kids. The software and hardware on the XO are at mature point where we can really see the impact on education. Sugar needs a lot of work but it is functional now, thanks to the heroic efforts of many on the Sugar team. The key question about participating in OLPC shouldn't be what Negroponte or Bender are up to, it should be what Arjun Tamang uses his XO for on Monday in Nepal or what Marisol Gonzalez does w/ it in rural Peru. As Bert says, Onward. There is much work to do. Debating the future of OLPC as an organization does little to advance OLPC as a global movement - which it very much is. Roll up your sleeves folks, let's make this happen. Edward Cherlin: If OLPC the organization isn't meeting your needs, start your own. We started our own here in Nepal and it was the best thing we could have done. </blockquote></div>