OS build and prototype

[Jim Gettys]

Cherian,

Once you've shown OpenSolaris actually running on the ATest board, it
might be worth sending you a BTest system, but not before; the only
value OLPC can get out of OpenSolaris is exercising the hardware in a
somewhat different way and possibly exposing a hardware problem (which
has real value, as they usually come back to bite you eventually).
And we don't have spare BTest systems right now in any case.

Inspecting and tweaking the OLPC Fedora sources is also insufficient
grounds for a machine.
                                   Best Regards,
                                    - Jim Gettys


On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 21:31 +0530, Cherian George wrote:
> Dear Jim,
>               I am still using the devel-board. We are in the process
> of stripping down openSolaris and inspecting and tweaking the OLPC
> Fedora sources. 
>               Could you kindly inform me whether I can expect to
> receive a newer prototype. 
> 
> Kind regards,
> Cherian George 
> 
-- 
Jim Gettys
One Laptop Per Child