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In my experience this can simplified. Developers want to use the
latest fastest hardware and work with the latest fashionable
software. <br>
<br>
In general, supporting already deployed systems is maintenance. What
is needed for the XO-1 and other out-of-production models (AFIK only
the XO-4 is in production), is maintenance. <br>
<br>
It will be difficult, but essential for the community to find people
who are willing to take on the challenge of maintaining and, where
possible, expanding the educational experience that the XO can
offer. <br>
<br>
Tony<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 04/05/2016 07:37 PM, Dave Crossland
wrote:<br>
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Hi James<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 1 April 2016 at 15:06, James
Cameron <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:quozl@laptop.org" target="_blank">quozl@laptop.org</a>></span>
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0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Let
me spin you a tail.<br>
<br>
The myth of forward human development doesn't apply to
software.<br>
<br>
This is a parade of people, several walking abreast,
beside a slow<br>
moving flat bed truck, all holding on to a ribbon.<br>
<br>
The truck is the world, and the internet as it stands.<br>
<br>
The first person, next to the truck, are our learners or
users.<br>
<br>
The second person is Sugar Labs; with our activities, and
Sugar.<br>
<br>
The third person is distributions of Linux, like Fedora
and Ubuntu,<br>
<br>
The fourth person are the hardware vendors, like commodity
suppliers<br>
or OLPC.<br>
<br>
The fifth person are the Linux kernel developers.<br>
<br>
As the procession walks beside the truck, the ribbon is
not always<br>
straight.<br>
<br>
Some people walk faster than others. Some let go of the
ribbon and<br>
others take their place.<br>
<br>
I'm glad you're here, you're bringing a new perspective.<br>
<br>
But the ribbon is actually toilet paper, so the pressure
to keep up,<br>
while real, doesn't get felt, instead the paper breaks.<br>
<br>
Do not target a rapidly diminishing enthusiastic group, or
the future<br>
users will suffer.<br>
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<div>I'm sorry, I didn't fully understand you here at the
last line. You had said earlier,</div>
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<div>> for the future of Sugar Labs, they should be
concentrating on</div>
<div>> later designs than one from 2007 that is no
longer available and</div>
<div>> rapidly dying from old age.</div>
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<div>So you mean, it would be unwise for Sugar Lab's
vision/mission/strategy for the next 3-5 years to focus on
supporting the rapidly diminishing (yet enthusiastic)
group of XO owners, and focus on the future users who are
not XO owners?</div>
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<div>Cheers<br>
Dave</div>
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