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| :IRC: _bernie, hanging on #sugar on FreeNet | | :IRC: _bernie, hanging on #sugar on FreeNet |
| :Jabber: bernie AT codewiz DOT org (yes, I run my own Jabber server ;-) | | :Jabber: bernie AT codewiz DOT org (yes, I run my own Jabber server ;-) |
− | :Contact info: http://www.codewiz.org/ContactInformation | + | :PGP key: [http://keys.sugarlabs.org:11371/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0x71FF4BAC 71FF4BAC] |
| + | :Contact info: http://codewiz.org/wiki/ContactInformation |
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− | :Personal homepage: http://www.codewiz.org/ | + | :Personal homepage: http://codewiz.org/ |
− | :Blog: http://www.codewiz.org/wiki/
| + | :Resume: http://codewiz.org/wiki/AbridgedResume |
− | :Resume: http://www.codewiz.org/wiki/CurriculumVitae (somewhat outdated) | + | :LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/codewiz |
− | :LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=5159373 (somewhat outdated) | + | :Previous OLPC projects: http://codewiz.org/wiki/OneLaptopPerChild |
− | :Old OLPC projects: http://www.codewiz.org/wiki/OneLaptopPerChild | |
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− | I'm a volunteer working for the [[Sugar Labs]] team. | + | 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. |
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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.
| + | == Oversight Board Platform == |
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− | == Oversight Board Platform ==
| + | '''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 | | 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 | + | to grow a larger user and developer base. This is only possible if we keep |
− | transforming Sugar into a truly community-driven project with its own
| + | growing as a truly community-driven project with its own independent identity. |
− | independent identity. | |
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| === Goals for Sugar Labs === | | === Goals for Sugar Labs === |
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− | 1. Further enhance our public-facing web presence and development infrastructure; | + | 0. Engage deployments in leading roles within 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 | | 2. Work with multiple hardware and OS vendors to make Sugar available to |
− | the widest-possible user base; | + | the widest-possible user base |
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| 3. Foster the creation of companies and groups offering professional Sugar | | 3. Foster the creation of companies and groups offering professional Sugar |
− | consulting and outsourcing; | + | consulting and outsourcing |
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| 4. Continue to enroll volunteer community members in key roles of our | | 4. Continue to enroll volunteer community members in key roles of our |
− | infrastructure and public relations; | + | infrastructure and public relations |
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| 5. Raise funding to sponsor developer meetings and our presence at major | | 5. Raise funding to sponsor developer meetings and our presence at major |
− | international events. | + | international events |
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| === Anti-goals for Sugar Labs === | | === Anti-goals for Sugar Labs === |
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− | 1. Hire a large team of software developers -- This would end up discouraging | + | -1. Hire a large team of software developers – this would end up discouraging |
− | outside contributors; | + | outside contributors |
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− | 2. Brew a custom OS platform -- We work with distributors, we don't compete against | + | -2. Brew a custom OS platform – we work with distributors, we don't compete against |
− | them; | + | them |
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− | 3. Let Sugar Labs become unfairly biased towards specific partners -- | + | -3. Let Sugar Labs become unfairly biased towards specific partners – |
− | that would undermine our relationships with other partners; | + | 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 | + | -4. Trade project autonomy for funding or support – we're glad to offer our |
− | services, not our souls. | + | services, not our souls |
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| === Personal agenda === | | === Personal agenda === |
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− | I'm exploring the possibility to build a small team of Sugar hackers that
| + | Within a few years computers will become central in primary education world-wide. |
− | would offer consulting services such as porting to specific hardware
| + | This will stimulate the creation of a new industry of hardware, software, and |
− | platforms or development of features. Internet would be our office.
| + | content for schools. Sugar is currently well positioned: it has greater momentum |
− | | + | and several competitive advantages over any proprietary platform on the horizon. |
− | 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 | |
− | hardware, software, and contents for the specific needs of schools. | |
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− | Sugar has a great competitive advantage over any proprietary | + | I work with deployments and commercial entities interested in Sugar development. |
− | offering on the horizon and it has a huge momentum. This is why I also see
| + | To build local capacity, I'm coordinating small teams of Sugar hackers focused on |
− | Sugar as a rewarding business opportunity to invest in. | + | 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. |
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| == On openness == | | == On openness == |