[sugar] Give a Laptop, Change the World : G1G1 2008

Walter Bender walter.bender at gmail.com
Wed Oct 8 12:33:18 EDT 2008


I prefer platform since I think the platform is a key element in the
overall environment.

-walter

On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 12:11 PM, David Farning <dfarning at sugarlabs.org> wrote:
> This is also a Sugar Labs branding issue.  Sugar Learning Platform does a
> better job of conveying we are not a stand alone solution.  We are a common
> point of collaboration on which educators and developers build solutions for
> their own unique classrooms and situations.
>
> thanks
> david
>
> On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 10:57 AM, Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu at tomeuvizoso.net> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 5:52 PM, Eben Eliason <eben.eliason at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 7:58 AM, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >> I prefer "the Sugar learning platform"
>> >
>> > +1 from me as well.  (I'm torn on "platform" vs. "environment"; the
>> > latter actually sounds a little friendlier, to me.)
>>
>> I guess in platform Sugar would be supporting learning, where in
>> environment Sugar would be where learning happens. I would vote for
>> platform, as the learning really happens inside the user.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Tomeu
>>
>>
>> > - Eben
>> >
>> >> -walter
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 4:35 AM, Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu at tomeuvizoso.net>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>> On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 11:49 PM, Samuel Klein <sj at laptop.org> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> The laptops feature the latest release of the Sugar window manager,
>> >>>> ...
>> >>>
>> >>> I think we should be able to find a better term than "window manager",
>> >>> Matchbox is the window manager used in 8.2 and it hasn't been modified
>> >>> by OLPC. Some suggestions:
>> >>>
>> >>> - learning environment,
>> >>> - collaborative user interface,
>> >>>
>> >>> etc
>> >>>
>> >>> Regards,
>> >>>
>> >>> Tomeu
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>> >>
>> >>
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