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'''New foundation focused on taking the Sugar user interface to the next level of usability and utility'''

'''New foundation focused on taking the Sugar user interface to the next level of usability and utility'''

Cambridge, Mass., May 14, 2008 – Sugar Labs is being established to further extend Sugar, the highly acclaimed “learn learning” software platform that was originally developed for the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) XO laptop.  Sugar is the core of the XO laptop's human-computer interface; it provides a fun, easy to use, social experience that promotes sharing and learning. Sugar Labs will focus on providing a software ecosystem that enhances the learning on the XO laptop and laptops built and distributed by other laptop companies, such as the ASUS EEE. Independence from OLPC means it will be easier to work with other vendors and consequently reach more children.

Cambridge, Mass., May 14, 2008 – Sugar Labs is being established to further extend Sugar, the highly acclaimed “learn learning” software platform that was originally developed for the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) XO laptop.  Sugar is the core of the XO laptop's human-computer interface; it provides a fun, easy to use, social experience that promotes sharing and learning. Sugar Labs will focus on providing a software ecosystem that enhances learning on the XO laptop and laptops built and distributed by other laptop companies, such as the ASUS Eee PC. Independence from OLPC means it will be easier to work with other vendors and consequently reach more children.

Sugar Labs will take a proven learning concept to the next level of refinement, stability and unity. It will be a unifying catalyst for free and open source learning systems across multiple distribution and hardware platforms and will provide a support structure for a community of developers concerned with learning and support for the learners themselves. The Sugar platform has already been bundled with the most recent release of the Ubuntu and Fedora GNU/Linux distributions.

Sugar Labs will take a proven learning concept to the next level of refinement, stability and cohesiveness. It will be a unifying catalyst for free and open source learning systems across multiple distribution and hardware platforms and will provide a support structure for a community of developers concerned with learning and support for the learners themselves. The Sugar platform has already been bundled with the most recent release of the Ubuntu and Fedora GNU/Linux distributions.

Walter Bender, former president of software and content at OLPC, is helping to launch Sugar Labs, working closely with the developers and community members from around the world who have played the lead roles in the development of the Sugar UI. Prior to OLPC, Bender was executive director and a founding member of the Media Lab at MIT. He has participated in much of the pioneering research in the field of electronic publishing and personalized, interactive multimedia.

Walter Bender, former president of software and content at OLPC, is helping to launch Sugar Labs, working closely with the developers and community members from around the world who have played the lead roles in the development of the Sugar UI. Prior to OLPC, Bender was executive director and a founding member of the Media Lab at MIT. He has participated in much of the pioneering research in the field of electronic publishing and personalized, interactive multimedia.