OLPC's focus is on development, funding and delivery of laptops to the least developed countries. The expectations for features, testing, support, logistics, delivery, IT and RF infrastructure (to name a few things) are widely different between schools in Rwanda and those in NYC (for example). We just don't have the man-power today to meet these expectations world-wide. <br>
<br>There are a number of partnerships that we are investigating that can help us by taking on some of these efforts themselves, but it will take time. Finding a 'sales' team is not the immediate problem to selling in the US.<br>
<br>Kim<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 7:08 AM, Simon Schampijer <<a href="mailto:simon@schampijer.de">simon@schampijer.de</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi,<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
Edward Cherlin wrote:<br>
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Michael Stone <<a href="mailto:michael@laptop.org">michael@laptop.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> ...<br>
>> Chris, Scott, and I are formulating a release strategy<br>
>> for the next 8 or so months with detailed information about what we<br>
>> hope to release in 4 months. It remains to be seen how the strategy<br>
>> proposed by the Tech Team will be received by the sales team, the<br>
>> deployment team, and by other interested parties; however, I am fairly<br>
>> confident that, when presented, it will:<br>
> ...<br>
>> In its final form, it will also explain what feedback we have received<br>
>> from sales & deployment. In its draft form, it will propose a<br>
>> reasonable deadline for revisions based on new feedback from those<br>
>> teams.<br>
> ...<br>
>> Michael<br>
><br>
> Who are the sales team, apart from Nicholas? Is there a way for any of<br>
> us to talk to them? I, OLPC Chicago, and others out here are working<br>
> on Illinois HB5000, The Children's Low-Cost Laptop Act, which proposes<br>
> to put laptops in up to 300 schools. It has passed the Illinois House<br>
> and gone to the Senate. It needs amendments, and we are working with<br>
> the Lieutenant Governor's office on this. We would like to coordinate<br>
> our efforts with OLPC's.<br>
<br>
</div>Which is the group providing input to the process from the eduction<br>
point of view (educators, teachers, kids)? Is this feedback part of the<br>
input from the deployment team?<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<font color="#888888"> Simon<br>
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