[Localization] localized keyboard

[Jim Gettys]

Thanks for the great start!

However, we need to fill in many blanks, probably best presented in
tabular form...

1) population that would use each keyboard type.
2) whether we have a sufficiently close keyboard design on hand for the
keyboard type.
3) whether we've built any of those designs in the past (another words,
we've already sunk the cost for the tooling, and the lead time for
building that tooling is already accounted for, leaving production
scheduling as the remaining variable); I can get that information from
the production information.
4) whether there are laws governing importing of other keyboard types
(another words, you can't ship a machine into the country without it
conforming to some standard).

Again, we don't yet know whether the partners we'll be working with for
the next G1G1 program will be in a position to handle multiple SKU's or
not, or how many; I can't make any promises at all as yet.  And unless
we can fill in many of the above blanks, we can't even judge the
costs/risks/benefits associated with them.
		Thanks again for the information,
                           - Jim




On Wed, 2008-06-11 at 17:53 -0700, Edward Cherlin wrote:
> First draft of Localized Keyboards page is done. It is tolerably
> complete for Europe, but not elsewhere, and makes only a slight
> attempt to deal with minority languages. I left Oceania alone, in part
> because there are people creating projects in several island nations
> who can give us verified data on what they intend to support. Detailed
> checking will be needed, because I don't have access to the various
> national keyboard standards docs. I just did this from what is
> installed on Ubuntu. I moved the previous contents to the Discussion
> page.
> 
> Enjoy. I trust that there will be more questions.
> 
> On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 1:15 PM, Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Yama Ploskonka <yama at netoso.com> wrote:
> >> OK, OK, I didn't want to  :-), but here it is
> >>
> >> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Talk:Localized_Keyboards
> >> has this thread, I'll be messing with it a while to get it a bit decent,
> >> and hope someone will push further, and do the
> >>
> >> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Localized_Keyboards
> >>
> >> page with relevant stuff
> >
> > In progress right now.
> >
> >> Jim Gettys wrote:
> >>> Ok, this discussion is becoming a bit more useful...
> >>>
> >>> An SKU is a particular build including keyboard, power adapter, and
> >>> exact components used to build the system).
> >>> 
> >>> In short, the more SKU's necessary, the higher the cost (and risk of
> >>> OLPC losing its shirt).
> >>>
> >>> There are a number of issues here, all intertwingled:
> >>>
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Jim Gettys <jg at laptop.org>
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