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Bernie Innocenti

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: 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.
 -- Samuel Klein

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 :IRC: _bernie, hanging on #sugar on FreeNet
 :Jabber: bernie AT codewiz DOT org (yes, I run my own Jabber server ;-)
-:Contact info: http://codewiz.org/ContactInformation
+: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/
-:Blog: http://codewiz.org/wiki/
+:Resume: http://codewiz.org/wiki/AbridgedResume
-:Resume: http://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://codewiz.org/wiki/OneLaptopPerChild
-I'm a volunteer working for the [[Sugar Labs]] foundation.
+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,
-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.
+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 ==
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 === Anti-goals for Sugar Labs ===
-. 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
-. 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
-. 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
-. 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
 === Personal agenda ===
-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.
-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 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.
 == On openness ==

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