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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Goog luck!<br>thanks for all your work improving day by day ours XO!<div><br></div><div>Regards!</div><div><br></div><div>Alan<br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 14:14:43 -0300<br>Subject: Re: Changing track<br>From: martin.abente.lahaye@gmail.com<br>To: martin@laptop.org<br>CC: Devel@laptop.org<br><br>Las discusiones siempre fueron muy interesantes :)<br><br>La mejor de las suertes tocayo. Espero encuentres el balance que buscas!<br><br><div class="ecxgmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Martin Langhoff <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:martin@laptop.org" target="_blank">martin@laptop.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Hello devel!<br>
<br>
I haven't been posting here often enough. After a year of enormous<br>
effort, we are approaching start of mass production with XO-4. It is<br>
time for me to announce my departure from OLPC.<br>
<br>
My work at OLPC has been a demanding one and I have given it all my<br>
energy. But I have a young family in a foreign country, and I find<br>
that I need<br>
to take things easier and find a bit more personal time.<br>
<br>
It has been a great run of ~7 years with OLPC, ~5 of them with a<br>
formal position in the organization, and it has been a great pleasure<br>
to be part of this. Hacking, disagreeing and designing... looking for<br>
a better widget, for a different world for our children.<br>
<br>
I continue to be amazed at how hard it is... and at how much you<br>
accomplish on the ground. But all those accomplishments involve more<br>
hands than the members of devel@l.l.o (and related lists). A lot more<br>
hands. We should always remember and respect the teachers and<br>
technicians dealing with problems every day. Problems that may seem<br>
trivial for us while we type an email or update a wikipage, but that<br>
are huge when you don't know the fix, or your don't have the tools or<br>
parts handy, and you are singlehandedly supporting a school of<br>
hundreds of kids with XOs.<br>
<br>
John Watlington will be taking over my responsibilities. We have in<br>
fact been working as a team covering HW and SW with our respective<br>
strengths.. We share style and background with OLPC. There is not much<br>
of a transition to worry about, he has been involved in all major<br>
decisions, including hiring me back in 2008 (now you know who to blame!).<br>
<br>
I am not completely disappearing from the scene -- I'll stay on<br>
devel@l.l.o :-) I will continue to be involved in e-learning projects<br>
with Moodle and to be part of OLPC's "extended family". Bear in mind I<br>
cannot promise much time involvement -- I will be starting a new job<br>
and prioritizing personal time.<br>
<br>
My last day with OLPC will be March 8th. After that, <a href="mailto:martin@laptop.org" target="_blank">martin@laptop.org</a><br>
will be no more, and <a href="mailto:martin.langhoff@gmail.com" target="_blank">martin.langhoff@gmail.com</a> is where you can reach<br>
me.<br>
<br>
let's keep hacking together,<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
m<br>
--<br>
<a href="mailto:martin@laptop.org" target="_blank">martin@laptop.org</a> -- Software Architect - OLPC<br>
- ask interesting questions<br>
- don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first<br>
- <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff</a><br>
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