[OLPC India] Decisions

[Sameer Verma]

On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 5:46 PM, Ananya Guha <nnyguha48 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Region wise great. I volunteer for North East India. However I must hasten
> to add that my technical knowledge is null. I can however attempt to '
> manage' things, and in the meantime do a course!
>
> Regds,
>
> Ananya S Guha.
>

This is an important point. If you don't have the expertise, find
someone who does!

The IT implementation aspect of OLPC is significantly simplified when
compared to many other systems, but it still isn't trivial. Different
architectures are needed for wifi/networking based on school size,
availability of Internet backhaul, etc. and I must add that this is
not the kind of problem that can be addressed by the dime-a-dozen IT
professionals one finds across India (this ain't Java or .NET).

In other words, we can't hand XOs to children, get the press to take
photos and and walk away. Sustainable implementation is very
important.

cheers,
Sameer
-- 
Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Information Systems
San Francisco State University
San Francisco CA 94132 USA
http://verma.sfsu.edu/
http://opensource.sfsu.edu/