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= 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 ;-) | |||
:PGP key: [http://keys.sugarlabs.org:11371/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0x71FF4BAC 71FF4BAC] | |||
:Contact info: http://codewiz.org/wiki/ContactInformation | |||
:Personal homepage: http://codewiz.org/ | |||
:Resume: http://codewiz.org/wiki/AbridgedResume | |||
:LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/codewiz | |||
:Previous OLPC projects: http://codewiz.org/wiki/OneLaptopPerChild | |||
I'm a volunteer working for the [[Sugar Labs]] foundation. Before that, I was a | |||
full-time volunteer developer at OLPC. My job was hacking on X11, the base Fedora OS, | |||
the Linux kernel, some i18n and input work. I have also worked on-site at OLPC deployments | |||
in Nepal, Paraguay, Uruguay and Mozambique. | |||
== Oversight Board Platform == | |||
'''The open source method is based on participation, not consumption.''' | |||
To position itself as THE educational environment of the future, Sugar needs | |||
to grow a larger user and developer base. This is only possible if we keep | |||
growing as a truly community-driven project with its own independent identity. | |||
=== Goals for Sugar Labs === | |||
0. Engage deployments in leading roles within 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 === | |||
Within a few years computers will become central in primary education world-wide. | |||
This will stimulate the creation of a new industry of hardware, software, and | |||
content for schools. Sugar is currently well positioned: it has greater momentum | |||
and several competitive advantages over any proprietary platform on the horizon. | |||
I work with deployments and commercial entities interested in Sugar development. | |||
To build local capacity, I'm coordinating small teams of Sugar hackers focused on | |||
service and support. Internet is our office. In the future, I'd like to work | |||
with hardware vendors with the goal of making Sugar available across all educational | |||
platforms. | |||
== 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]] | |||