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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/04/15 09:12, Tony Anderson wrote:<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:55292BB9.2020503@usa.net" type="cite">I like
incisive - to the point. He is not asking about the apparent
discrepancy between the potential number of laptops in use but is
throwing around words like deceit.<br>
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Looking at the statement in question, from our main website: <i>"Sugar’s
Activities are used every school day by nearly 3 million children
in more than forty countries."</i><br>
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I would not feel comfortable saying this out loud.<br>
If there were 3 million XO laptops sold, I'd bet half of the ones
still running run GNOME.<br>
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Like you say, we don't know.<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:55292BB9.2020503@usa.net" type="cite"> <br>
After all, what is 'use'. Does this mean the number of laptops
running Sugar at a specific instance of time, or at least one hour
in a week, a month, a year or a laptop that is capable of running
Sugar if turned on? How many Window 7 systems are in use?<br>
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None of us know an answer to that question, but we know the number
is large enough to warrant our spending our time as volunteers to
make that experience as constructive and enjoyable as possible.</blockquote>
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This might have been a more constructive answer from you. Thank you.<br>
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While it is important to support existing users, I am more concerned
with the next 1000 million people who's freedom to act with
computers is at stake.<br>
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Sebastian<br>
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