Sugar Labs - User contributions [en]

User:Bernie

2008-08-19T16:35:01Z

Ties: /* De openness */

= Bernie Innocenti =

[[Image:Bernie.png|thumb|none|not really me]]

:e-mail: bernie AT codewiz DOT org
:IRC: _bernie, hanging on #sugar on FreeNet
:Jabber: bernie AT codewiz DOT org (yes, I run my own Jabber server ;-)
:Contact info: http://www.codewiz.org/ContactInformation

:Personal homepage: http://www.codewiz.org/
:Blog: http://www.codewiz.org/wiki/
:Resume: http://www.codewiz.org/wiki/CurriculumVitae (somewhat outdated)
:LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=5159373 (somewhat outdated)
:Old OLPC projects: http://www.codewiz.org/wiki/OneLaptopPerChild

I'm a volunteer working for the [[Sugar Labs]] team.

Until February 2008, I was a full-time volunteer developer at OLPC. My job was hacking X, the base Fedora OS, the Linux kernel, some i18n and input work. Later on, until April 2008, I was CTO of OLPC Europe and traveled around to present our project to government officials and dignitaries. Curremtly, I'm a volunteer at [http://www.olenepal.org/ | OLE Nepal] in Kathmandu, Nepal.

== Oversight Board Platform ==

To position itself as THE educational environment of the future, Sugar needs
to grow a larger user and developer base. This is only possible by
transforming Sugar into a truly community-driven project with its own
independent identity.

=== Goals for Sugar Labs ===

1. Further enhance our public-facing web presence and development infrastructure;

2. Work with multiple hardware and OS vendors to make Sugar available to
the widest possible user base;

3. Foster the creation of companies and groups offering professional Sugar
consulting and outsourcing;

4. Continue to enroll volunteer community members in key roles of our
infrastructure and public relations;

5. Raise funding to sponsor developer meetings and our presence at major
international events.

=== Anti-goals for Sugar Labs ===

1. Hire a large team of software developers -- This would end up discouraging
outside contributors;

2. Brew a custom OS platform -- We work with distributors, we don't compete against
them;

3. Let Sugar Labs become unfairly biased towards specific partners --
that would undermine our relationships with other partners;

4. Trade project autonomy for funding or support -- we're glad to offer our
services, not our souls.

=== Personal agenda ===

I'm exploring the possibility to build a small team of Sugar hackers that
would offer consulting services such as porting to specific hardware
platforms or development of features. Internet would be our office.

Over the next few years, computers will become central in world education.
This will in turn stimulate the creation of a florid industry offering
hardware, software and contents for the specific needs of schools.

Sugar has a large competitive advantage over any other proprietary
offering on the horizon, and it has a huge momentum. This is why I also see
Sugar as a rewarding business opportunity to invest in.

== On openness ==

Openness will be our greatest and most lasting strength. If we shy away
from it now it will never return.
-- [[User:Sj|Samuel Klein]]

User:Bernie

2008-08-19T16:31:17Z

Ties: /* Oversight Board Platform */ minor style edits

= Bernie Innocenti =

[[Image:Bernie.png|thumb|none|not really me]]

:e-mail: bernie AT codewiz DOT org
:IRC: _bernie, hanging on #sugar on FreeNet
:Jabber: bernie AT codewiz DOT org (yes, I run my own Jabber server ;-)
:Contact info: http://www.codewiz.org/ContactInformation

:Personal homepage: http://www.codewiz.org/
:Blog: http://www.codewiz.org/wiki/
:Resume: http://www.codewiz.org/wiki/CurriculumVitae (somewhat outdated)
:LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=5159373 (somewhat outdated)
:Old OLPC projects: http://www.codewiz.org/wiki/OneLaptopPerChild

I'm a volunteer working for the [[Sugar Labs]] team.

Until February 2008, I was a full-time volunteer developer at OLPC. My job was hacking X, the base Fedora OS, the Linux kernel, some i18n and input work. Later on, until April 2008, I was CTO of OLPC Europe and traveled around to present our project to government officials and dignitaries. Curremtly, I'm a volunteer at [http://www.olenepal.org/ | OLE Nepal] in Kathmandu, Nepal.

== Oversight Board Platform ==

To position itself as THE educational environment of the future, Sugar needs
to grow a larger user and developer base. This is only possible by
transforming Sugar into a truly community-driven project with its own
independent identity.

=== Goals for Sugar Labs ===

1. Further enhance our public-facing web presence and development infrastructure;

2. Work with multiple hardware and OS vendors to make Sugar available to
the widest possible user base;

3. Foster the creation of companies and groups offering professional Sugar
consulting and outsourcing;

4. Continue to enroll volunteer community members in key roles of our
infrastructure and public relations;

5. Raise funding to sponsor developer meetings and our presence at major
international events.

=== Anti-goals for Sugar Labs ===

1. Hire a large team of software developers -- This would end up discouraging
outside contributors;

2. Brew a custom OS platform -- We work with distributors, we don't compete against
them;

3. Let Sugar Labs become unfairly biased towards specific partners --
that would undermine our relationships with other partners;

4. Trade project autonomy for funding or support -- we're glad to offer our
services, not our souls.

=== Personal agenda ===

I'm exploring the possibility to build a small team of Sugar hackers that
would offer consulting services such as porting to specific hardware
platforms or development of features. Internet would be our office.

Over the next few years, computers will become central in world education.
This will in turn stimulate the creation of a florid industry offering
hardware, software and contents for the specific needs of schools.

Sugar has a large competitive advantage over any other proprietary
offering on the horizon, and it has a huge momentum. This is why I also see
Sugar as a rewarding business opportunity to invest in.

== De openness ==

Openness will be our greatest and most lasting strength. If we shy away
from it now it will never return.
-- [[User:Sj|Samuel Klein]]