Hi "somebody" SJ,<br>What bothers me is that now you're saying there is no standard deal, no transparent process to even do business with OLPC, what do I tell people asking how to do deployments? "Get 100" was freakish enough. <br>
<br>We specifically asked, as per Yama's "pronunciamiento" that you so much liked, for "a simple process for buying 1 or 200".<br>I will continue to thank whatever support we get from the contributor's program, however that is not an answer for actual deployments, which is my main interest.<br>
<br>But then I guess you're happy selling to corrupt officials that keep your shiny XOs in warehouses until Microsoft is ready to put Windows on them.<br><br>Sebastian<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/2/6 Samuel Klein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sj@laptop.org">sj@laptop.org</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi Sebastian,<br>
<br>
What specifically do you find upsetting? We are phasing out the<br>
current Change program for purchasing small numbers of machines, which<br>
was good for spurring discussion but was not widely used; and we are<br>
expanding support for contributors' projects of all sorts with free<br>
hardware -- for those who need hardware to plan their projects -- via<br>
the [[contributors]] program.<br>
<br>
As for 'against the community request' -- community involvement and<br>
guidance is requested more than ever for the contributors program, and<br>
I hope a group of people interested in making new projects successful<br>
takes an interest. I encourage you to bring new ideas up the next<br>
contributors meeting (tomorrow, 2pm, #olpc-groups), or on these lists.<br>
<br>
SJ<br>
<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 4:47 PM, Sebastian Silva<br>
<<a href="mailto:sebastian@fuentelibre.org">sebastian@fuentelibre.org</a>> wrote:<br>
</div><div class="Ih2E3d">> Dear Julia, Chuck, OLPC, somebody,<br>
> As a member of the grassroots movement and as a volunteer, for over two<br>
> years now, both programming, and on the ground, I find this decision of OLPC<br>
> appalling.<br>
<<br>
</div><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">> This action OLPC is taking is directly moving against the community request,<br>
> and so I must protest.<br>
><br>
> Actions is being taken for articulating the community further.<br>
><br>
> Please respond publically.<br>
><br>
> Sebastian<br>
><br>
> 2009/2/5 Adam Holt <<a href="mailto:holt@laptop.org">holt@laptop.org</a>><br>
>><br>
>> From: Julia Reynolds <<a href="mailto:julia@laptop.org">julia@laptop.org</a>><br>
>> To: <a href="mailto:support-gang@lists.laptop.org">support-gang@lists.laptop.org</a><br>
>> Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 10:45:37 -0500<br>
>> Subject: Change the World<br>
>> Hello Gang,<br>
>><br>
>> First and foremost, as a newcomer to the RT system it was truly amazing to<br>
>> see the work the you all are doing. We thank you for all your dedication!<br>
>><br>
>> Unfortunately, as some of you might have heard "Change the World" aka<br>
>> "Give a School" aka "Give 100, Give 1000" will cease to exist. We are just<br>
>> waiting for the info to be taken off the main website (any second now).<br>
>><br>
>> We are doing this in an effort to refocus back to large-scale deployments<br>
>> that create change in a major way. We WILL honor all requests that we have<br>
>> received prior to the info being taken off the website. So if you know<br>
>> anyone who is interested, tell them time is of the essence!!<br>
>> If you have any questions or concerns, I will do my best to address them.<br>
>> I just wanted to make sure you, as our first line of defense, were aware.<br>
>><br>
>> THANKS!!!!<br>
>> Julia<br>
>><br>
>> --<br>
>> Julia Reynolds<br>
>> One Laptop per Child (OLPC)<br>
>> <a href="mailto:julia@laptop.org">julia@laptop.org</a><br>
>> 617-452-5528<br>
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