[OLPC India] Decisions

[Usha Gowri]

Exactly.
But Ananya was volunteering to hold North East together ,to work on the marketing,training and other  issues that will make the XO a success  or a failure and I can empathise because I am no techie either.
Which is why Sameer I strongly felt and feel we should work in small groups and personally I would like to stay a mile away from the tech SIG.It doesnt make too much sense to me.Sorry saying this,but after reams and reams of discussion on language and script and what not ,we are just where we were.
What you say is righ
This project will move forward faster,better and where it should if we do work on other aspects
Gowri
 
 
 
On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 12:28 AM, Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote:
>
> 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/




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