[Olpc-france] OLPCs for Senegal, Burkina Faso and Mali

LASKE, Lionel (C2S) LLASKE at c2s.fr
Thu Mar 19 16:21:25 EDT 2009


Bonjour Marie-Charlotte,

Bravo pour votre beau programme.

Si vous souhaitez un XO, nous pouvons bien sûr vous en prêter un. Il est vrai néanmoins que celui de Corinne (merci à elle) sera plus proche de vous. Dites-moi.

Une remarque néanmoins : si l'idée est de bénéficier du caractère « durci » du XO mais d'être utilisé par des adultes, Sugar ne me semble pas indispensable (désolé Sean :)). Il est peut-être plus simple d'installer une autre distribution de Linux sur le XO ce qui permettra d'exécuter Wine/Open Office de manière standard.

Cordialement,

                Lionel.

De : olpc-france-bounces at lists.laptop.org [mailto:olpc-france-bounces at lists.laptop.org] De la part de Marie-Charlotte Buisson
Envoyé : jeudi 19 mars 2009 14:18
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Cc : Patrick Doger, CERDI; olpc-france at lists.laptop.org; matt at laptop.org; Robert D. Fadel; Jean-Louis Arcand; Natascha Wagner
Objet : Re: [Olpc-france] OLPCs for Senegal, Burkina Faso and Mali

Bonjour,

Comme vous le confirmera l'historique des mails ci-dessous, nous sommes actuellement en discussion pour l'achat de OLPC-XO. Nous sommes en équipe de chercheurs universitaires réalisant une évaluation d'impact d'un programme de développement (http://www.ptfm.net) au Burkina-Faso, au Mali et au Sénégal. Notre objectif est d'utiliser les XO pour les enquêtes de terrain (12 enquêteurs par pays). Par rapport à des enquêtes papier, cette option présente plusieurs avantages : gain de temps, amélioratin de la qualité des données collectées, moindre cout...

Notre préoccupation avant de confimer notre commande est de vérifier que nous puissions installer et faire correctement fonctionner sur les XO un logiciel de saisie des questionnaires.
Nous utilisons généralement Epidata, logiciel libre mais développé pour un environnement windows. Des responsables d'Epidata m'ont confirmé que Epidata pouvait fonctionner sous Linux en utilisant l'émulateur wine. Néanmoins, aucun test n'a été réalisé dans l'environnement Sugar. Notre souhait serait donc de pouvoir tester l'utilisation d'Epidata (ou d'autres logiciels alternatifs, éventuellement Base de Open Office) sur les XO. Ce serait également l'occasion pour nous de nous familiariser avec les XO puisque nous allons devoir former nos enquêteurs sur leur utilisation.

Nos délais sont très courts puisque nous souhaitons débuter l'enquête début avril. En ce sens, si ce test vous semble envisageable, nous souhaiterions le réaliser le plus rapidemment possible.

Cordialement,

Marie-Charlotte Buisson


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2009/3/18 Robert D. Fadel <fadel at laptop.org<mailto:fadel at laptop.org>>

Marie-Charlotte,

This is a good solution as it leverages known technical expertise which will be needed to do this test.

I recommend contacting OLPC France through their alias (see: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_France). I am also copying Bastien Guerry who I know and is active in the group.<http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_France>

Robert

Marie-Charlotte Buisson <mc.buisson at gmail.com<mailto:mc.buisson at gmail.com>>

03/17/09 06:12 PM

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Robert,
For us, a good way to make sure that Epidata could run satisfactory with the XO would be to test it.
It will also be a good way for us to familiarize ourself with the laptop.
In that sence, would it be possible to put us in contact with the french team of OLPC based in Paris. The idea is to test to install Epidata using Wine emulator on one of their laptop, I suppose they have some for demonstration. The deadline are still short, so if this idea is usefull and realistic, the best would be to meet them at the end of this week or at the beginning of the next week.
Marie-Charlotte


2009/3/17 Robert D. Fadel <fadel at laptop.org<mailto:fadel at laptop.org>>

Marie-Charlotte,

You are, of course, right. I left off the link which is http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Hardware

The software is going to be difficult. The XO can run Windows but the it is not available as a product pending licensing and the identification of a Microsoft OEM.

If you have a copy of the Linux distribution, we might be able to help.

Robert
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03/17/09 06:38 AM


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Robert,
Thank you for your answer. I'm not sure but the end of your answer on alternative power seems to be truncated.

For the data entry solfware and its requirement :
Epidata when installed is about 2,5Mb. It's developped for Windows (95/98/NT/2000/XP).
Tests for Linux with Wine exists, but the results point out some limitations.
All informations on the software are here<http://www.epidata.dk/specialist.htm>.

Yours

Marie-Charlotte

2009/3/17 Robert D. Fadel <fadel at laptop.org<mailto:fadel at laptop.org>>

Marie-Charlotte,

I have answered the questions in-line below.

Don't hesitate to contact me with any additional questions.

Robert
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03/12/09 10:01 AM


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Robert,

Thank you for your answer on prices, it's coherent with our planning budgets. We would like to have more technical details on the OLPC-XO specifications. Some are available on the wiki but I wish to be sure that the models are exactly the same that the ones we will get for the surveys. As you already know our delays are short, and I want to be sure that we will be able to take laptop in hand until their delivery.

In that sense I have several questions :

1. Can you send us the specifications of the hardware.
Please see the attached specification sheet.

2. Concerning the battery, could you indicate us which one, GoldPeak or BYD (following the wiki) would be installed. And what is the time of discharge in normal use.

They would be BYD batteries. Normal is a hard standard given the variability in field use. However, we would say 4 hours.


3. Our objective is to install a data entry software which would be use by the surveyors, Epidata for example. The standard environment used by the OLPC-XO seems to be Sugar. Do you think that the installation of Epidata will matter? And if it's the case, can we easily work in a windows environment, or find an other data entry software functioning without problems under sugar ?
What operating systems does it currently run on and what are the hardware requirements for it? Depending I'll refer you to one of our software engineers for further suggestions.


4. Last but not least, the additional power generator : The fact is that we'll work in rural villages without any power during at least 8 hours each day. So we need a peripheral to charge each computer, the best would be to charge laptop in real time, without switch down the laptop during the charging process . Before to contact you, we have seen several options : handle crank, yoyo power generator, foot power generator and solar options. You seem to direct us toward solar panels. Can you explain us the specification of this option and of the other (if available for purchase) to be sure to make the right choice.
Currently only the solar option is available. The panels that we source are 10 watts that are rated to charge in about 3 hrs. They cost $26 plus shipping. There exist other mechanical and solar solutions in the market place. The is a significant amount of discussion in the wiki about alternative power. For starters, please see

Thank you for your answers.

Yours

Marie-Charlotte Buisson







2009/3/11 Robert D. Fadel <fadel at laptop.org<mailto:fadel at laptop.org>>

Jean-Louis,

We can get this started very quickly.

Immediately, lets get laptops to you for your fieldwork. The laptops would cost $399 each (inclusive of the ones you are Giving) plus shipping or US $16,758 for the laptops. The solar panels are $26 each + shipping. It would simplify things if we were sending to one address. I can send payment information when you are ready.

Let me know what else I can tell you about this process or OLPC.

Robert
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03/10/09 03:04 AM


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Dear Robert,

Many thanks first of all to Matt for putting us in touch.

I am copying various colleagues who are participating in the project
so that they are all in the loop.

As Matt mentioned, we need 42 of the laptops for survey fieldwork in
Burkina, Mali and Senegal (with roughly the same numbers being donated
as well), and we need to make sure that we have enough power: we saw
your "yoyo generators" on the web, and Matt mentioned solar panels
that are adapted to the conditions in the field.

Let me know how we can kickstart the process.  I'm really looking
forward to seeing these machines, and using them for fieldwork ---this
should make data collection much more efficient in that we will be
able to eliminate the data-entry phase and reduce errors through
having surveyors directly enter information into the entry mask.

I look forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience, and I
can call you (on Skype or Skype out, for example) if that is ok with
you --just let me know when.  I am in South Africa right now, but if
you are in Cambridge MA, we can take advantage of the time difference
and I can call you when I get out of my conference at the end of the
working day.

Yours,

Jean-Louis
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Professor, Development Studies
The Graduate Institute, Geneva
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