[IAEP] [sugar] OLPC's bizarre behaviors

[Steve Holton]

On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 10:18 AM, Alex Belits <abelits at belits.com> wrote:
> Then the announcement should be:
>
> 1. Primarily to developers, in a much less pompous form, and without
> "artwork".
>
> 2. Be in the form of "Next device within two years timeframe will likely
> have a large, possibly dual, multitouch touchscreen and a keyboard may be
> implemented in the same way (with or without touchscreen underneath, and
> with or without key mechanism on top)".

You missed a step. ;-)

The 'what it will be' statement is usually derived from (and guided
by) the 'what it must be' statement.
Step 1 (the 'what it must be')  is the list of Requirements.