[Foundation-l] OLPC Khairat Chronicle

[Gregory Maxwell]

Members of the wikinews glass house are in no position to throw stones
at mainstream news sources.



On 11/2/07, Brian McNeil <brian.mcneil at wikinewsie.org> wrote:
> Exactly. I suspected that was a factor, but nobody has explained that in any
> of the reports where they go "ZOMG! The '$100 laptop' costs $200".
>
>
> Brian.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org
> [mailto:foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of GerardM
> Sent: 02 November 2007 13:22
> To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] OLPC Khairat Chronicle
>
> Hoi,
> The best argument I have heard why the XO is expensive in dollars is that
> the cost of the XO is not in dollars. If the dollar had maintained its
> value, the XO would be something like $113,-.
> Thanks,
>     GerardM
>
> On 11/2/07, Brian McNeil <brian.mcneil at wikinewsie.org> wrote:
> >
> > Speaking of collaboration I was looking to get an interview with Nicholas
> > Negroponte about OLPC, there have been quite a few negative reports about
> > the XO costing nearer $200 than $100. I'd like to offer an opportunity to
> > say why it ended up costing more and cover the reports that have had links
> > posted here.
> >
> > SJ has kindly offered to try and grab some of Nicholas' time and get him
> > answering questions, failing that other project insiders will cover them.
> >
> > I've started a list on my wiki.laptop.org user page,
> >
> >
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User_talk:Brianmc#Nicholas_Negroponte_-_Questions_
> > about_OLPC
> >
> > I'm posting this to foundation-l as well as Wikinews as I'd like input
> > from
> > list readers from other projects. Do Wikipedians have any details they'd
> > like added to the WP article that we can dig up? Do those who've mentioned
> > upload of media to Commons want to ask about making that easier? Engage
> > the
> > grey cells, figure out what you'd like to know about the project, and what
> > might make for interesting reading for the general public.
> >
> > All constructive input much appreciated.
> >
> >
> > Brian.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org
> > [mailto:foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of GerardM
> > Sent: 02 November 2007 11:57
> > To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] OLPC Khairat Chronicle
> >
> > Hoi,
> > I totally agree. What I wonder is  what the reasons are why people find it
> > problematic to collaborate as it is. There are so many projects,
> > organisations and it is sad to notice how little collaboration actually
> > exists.
> > Thanks,
> >     GerardM
> >
> > On 11/2/07, Samuel Klein <sj at laptop.org> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, 2 Nov 2007, Brianna Laugher wrote:
> > >
> > > > Wow, reading those stories is really incredible! Great reports with
> > > > heaps of photos too.
> > > >
> > > > Out of interest Inkscape recently added/will soon add a "publish to
> > > > Open Clipart" function right in the software.
> > >
> > > Very neat.  Where was this discussed?  I wonder how OC is going to deal
> > > with the new flux of less-filtered input.
> > >
> > >
> > > > As for Commons, I think there is a big gap in many ways... but it
> > > > could be madly cool to see the photos and videos and music potentially
> > > > published somewhere. An OLPC server?
> > >
> > > The easiest thing to do is probably post to a separate [OLPC] server,
> > > which can itself have a variety of "publish to [other repository]" links
> > > from every media page... the people visiting that server to filter
> > > incoming media would be quite different from the communities of teachers
> > > and children producing the original works, would be sympathetic to the
> > > source communities and know the curation policies for potential target
> > > sites, &c.
> > >
> > > Thinking about this, I wonder what other pools of contributors of free
> > > content are currently being shut out from our favorite sites when really
> > > we would all be happier with a decent holding area while their input
> > gets
> > > sorted.  As the world transitions from having little free content of any
> > > sort to having to decide "where should this piece of free content go?",
> > > the value of intermediary services, and of tools that let you create
> > once
> > > and publish {everywhere appropriate}, will grow.
> > >
> > > SJ
> > > --
> > > sj at laptop.org
> > >
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