[Olpc-open] Re: Olpc-open Digest, Vol 1, Issue 1

[Amrita Chanda]

Yes I second Tom! I'm one of those developers who will have no trouble
paying the 'extra' amount for an emulator machine to develop open source
code on it.

amrita.

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> Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 23:27:36 +0100
> From: Tom Potts <tompotts at itsosbroadband.co.uk>
> Subject: [Olpc-open] Development Machines/Emulator
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> I have heard that there may be troubles getting the initial number of
> orders to get prices down to $100.
> I would gladly pay over the odds for a 'development' machine/environment
> on the understanding that everything I develop on/for it is under the
> GPL and gratis, free etc.
> I think there may be many others like me.
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> I think it would be a tragedy if this project fails because people are
> 'excluded' because they come from rich countries - it will need people
> with previous computing experience, IMHO preferably from 'open source'
> to deliver. If machines turn up in the 'third world' first then we will
> have proprietary software 'developed' for them before you can say boo
> and training courses offered to lock users in to proprietary methods to
> ensure the 'third world' stays there.
> Please don't let that happen.
> Tom
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