[Olpc-philippines] Fwd: OLPC PH Get together of 27 Apr 2007 andOLPC AUS

James Shields james at marasbaras.com
Mon Jun 2 22:01:54 EDT 2008


Why is bringing Windows to the XO bad?  Many countries were refusing to
consider the XO without Windows.

I thought this was a project about trying to get affordable laptops into the
hands of children who need them.  Not some religious thing about Linux and
Windows.

James Shields

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[mailto:olpc-philippines-bounces at lists.laptop.org]On Behalf Of Charles Chen
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 9:39 AM
To: Rowen Iral
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Subject: [Olpc-philippines] Fwd: OLPC PH Get together of 27 Apr 2007 andOLPC
AUS


Please see below for previous email sent

Charles Chen <ideasman88 at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 20:05:17 +1000 (EST)
From: Charles Chen <ideasman88 at yahoo.com.au>
Subject: OLPC PH Get together of 27 Apr 2007 and OLPC AUS
To: olpc-philippines at lists.laptop.org
CC: Willie Pertubal <wilfredo_pertubal at yahoo.com>


Hello Everybody,

1. Get together of 27 Apr 2007 at Starbucks Greenbelt

The meeting had only 4 members present but there was Rowen and Chief Mike
who advise regrets on their inability to come to the meeting. Sandeep,
myself (Charles) and Harv Viray (who joined us as a new member last year)
were only ones present. Willie Pertubal, who I recruited as a new member
joined us as the 4th person in the meeting.

I brought 1 of the XOs given by OLPC Boston to show to everybody. We tried
to work out how to access the internet using the wifi of Starbucks but none
of us was able to work out how to do this.This was one of the technical
problems PBSP had in testing the XO. They were unable to access the web
using the broadband access they had in the office as well as using a SMART
modem. The Starbucks wifi was powered by Globe Telecom.

Discussing our future plans for OLPC, the following information was shared:

OLPC PH Pilot
PBSP who I approached as a partner for this purpose is still considering our
proposal. They are also still evaluating the technical features of XO for
their own online program.

At the same time, Don Bosco Mandaluyong has started with their evaluation of
XO and their technical requirements. I am told they are able to get the XO
to access the web inside the campus using an open source application.
Assuming, they agree to do the pilot in the elementary level of the school,
we will start with a business model of an initial 200 XOs.

OLPC Foundation
Moving forward, I have advised the group I will start with the formation and
formal registration of the Philippine OLPC foundation. This will enable us
to have a formal entity to manage our activities. I have asked Willie to
assist me in managing this task. I will appreciate all of your help and
support in assisting me and Willie in this task.

2. OLPC AUS

OLPC AUS was organised this week and got started with an information evening
last Friday in Sydney. I got to meet Dr Barry Vercoe, the OLPC Asia-Pacific
Liaison and the core group who shared with more than 60 people present the
plan of OLPC AUS to be the resource hub to serve the OLPC needs of Australia
and the 22 island countries who are members of the South Pacific Commission
(American Samoa, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Fiji
Islands, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New
Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Palau, Papua New Guinea
(PNG), Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu,
Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna).

I have made representations with OLPC AUS to share the wealth of its
technical expertise with OLPC PH particularly with planned pilots to be done
in the South Pacific islands which has similar characteristics with the
Philippines. Furthermore, I will be proposing that OLPC PH to play a similar
role to cover the other 9 member countries of ASEAN (Brunei, Cambodia,
Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Mynamar, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam). At the
moment only Laos has a core group.

Working with OLPC AUS will enable OLPC PH to access the needed resources
available and leverage them for rolling them out in the Philippines and the
rest of the ASEAN region.

Thanks.

Charles

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1. M$ and OLPC (Sandeep C.)


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Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 12:06:44 -0400
From: "Sandeep C."
Subject: [Olpc-philippines] M$ and OLPC
To: olpc-philippines at lists.laptop.org
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Hi All,

As an open source advocate, this news hurts me.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7402365.stm

The open source nature of the project's development and it's component
(linux OS) was one of the main reasons for my support of the initiative.
That ideal has now been diluted by the partnership of M$ and OLPC -- two
companies who have determined they need each other to survive in the long
term.

Some of you may feel the same way as I do. However, the good thing is that
Sugar and Linux are still on the OLPC. All is not lost. The momentum for
both is still there. We still move on with our efforts to support the
project.

Thank you.

Cheers,
Sandeep
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