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| = Bernie Innocenti =
| | Walter's anus. |
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| [[Image:Bernie.png|thumb|none|not really me]]
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| :e-mail: bernie AT codewiz DOT org
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| :IRC: _bernie, hanging on #sugar on FreeNet
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| :Jabber: bernie AT codewiz DOT org (yes, I run my own Jabber server ;-)
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| :Contact info: http://www.codewiz.org/ContactInformation
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| :Personal homepage: http://www.codewiz.org/
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| :Blog: http://www.codewiz.org/wiki/
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| :Resume: http://www.codewiz.org/wiki/CurriculumVitae (somewhat outdated)
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| :LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=5159373 (somewhat outdated)
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| :Old OLPC projects: http://www.codewiz.org/wiki/OneLaptopPerChild
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| I'm a volunteer working for the [[Sugar Labs]] foundation.
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| 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.
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| == Oversight Board Platform ==
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| '''The open source method is based on participation, not consumption.'''
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| To position itself as THE educational environment of the future, Sugar needs
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| to grow a larger user and developer base. This is only possible if we keep
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| growing as a truly community-driven project with its own independent identity.
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| === Goals for Sugar Labs ===
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| 1. Further enhance our public-facing web presence and development infrastructure;
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| 2. Work with multiple hardware and OS vendors to make Sugar available to
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| the widest-possible user base;
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| 3. Foster the creation of companies and groups offering professional Sugar
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| consulting and outsourcing;
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| 4. Continue to enroll volunteer community members in key roles of our
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| infrastructure and public relations;
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| 5. Raise funding to sponsor developer meetings and our presence at major
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| international events.
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| === Anti-goals for Sugar Labs ===
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| 1. Hire a large team of software developers – this would end up discouraging
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| outside contributors;
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| 2. Brew a custom OS platform – we work with distributors, we don't compete against
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| them;
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| 3. Let Sugar Labs become unfairly biased towards specific partners –
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| that would undermine our relationships with other partners;
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| 4. Trade project autonomy for funding or support – we're glad to offer our
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| services, not our souls.
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| === Personal agenda ===
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| I'm exploring the possibility to build a small team of Sugar hackers that
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| would offer consulting services such as porting to specific hardware
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| platforms or development of features. Internet would be our office.
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| Over the next few years, computers will become central in world education.
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| This will in turn stimulate the creation of a florid industry offering
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| hardware, software, and contents for the specific needs of schools.
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| Sugar has a great competitive advantage over any proprietary
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| offering on the horizon and it has a huge momentum. This is why I also see
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| Sugar as a rewarding business opportunity to invest in.
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| == On openness ==
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| Openness will be our greatest and most lasting strength. If we shy away
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| from it now it will never return.
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| -- [[User:Sj|Samuel Klein]]
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