Comments on: Mel.availability(“FREE!”) http://blog.melchua.com/2009/01/08/melavailabilityfree/ Braindump of the Mel. Seek coherency and relevance at your own risk. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:18:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kevin Mark http://blog.melchua.com/2009/01/08/melavailabilityfree/comment-page-1/#comment-1664 Kevin Mark Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:08:30 +0000 http://blog.melchua.com/2009/01/08/melavailabilityfree/#comment-1664 Hi Mel, sorry to hear about your (and everyone elses) redundancy. OLPC and Sugar Labs will hopefully be around for years to come forwarding the mission. And I expect great floss folks like you will be around from time to time keeping things moving. Good luck in your next endeavor! Hi Mel,
sorry to hear about your (and everyone elses) redundancy. OLPC and Sugar Labs will hopefully be around for years to come forwarding the mission. And I expect great floss folks like you will be around from time to time keeping things moving. Good luck in your next endeavor!

]]> By: Aibun http://blog.melchua.com/2009/01/08/melavailabilityfree/comment-page-1/#comment-1663 Aibun Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:44:48 +0000 http://blog.melchua.com/2009/01/08/melavailabilityfree/#comment-1663 Good for you. But no need to limit this new opportunity to exclusively a voluntary role. For people like me, it is now easier to determine where my OLPC related donations and mindshare should go to in order to support OSS-education. Some ideas: 1) Sugarlabs should create a way to become a supporting "member." One time donations are great, but harder to budget payroll on for an enthusiastic team of developers. Plus, it gives donors bragging rights when they pull out their "membership card" to show their buddies. 2) How about an activity bounties page? I know some people who would be more than happy to put a bounty on for improvements on the video chat activity. 3) OLPC will happen, and very soon, but probably not through the XO brand (at least not exclusively). OSS and cheap hardware will be key to this, and it will not be limited to 3rd world countries. Seems like a nice niche for consulting. I know who I would NOT be calling if I happen to be sponsoring a school to establish OSS based learning. Let the world know you are available and you might be pleasantly surprised. Anyway, I strongly believe that history will show this is all for the better for all of us. Cheers! Good for you. But no need to limit this new opportunity to exclusively a voluntary role. For people like me, it is now easier to determine where my OLPC related donations and mindshare should go to in order to support OSS-education.

Some ideas:
1) Sugarlabs should create a way to become a supporting “member.” One time donations are great, but harder to budget payroll on for an enthusiastic team of developers. Plus, it gives donors bragging rights when they pull out their “membership card” to show their buddies.

2) How about an activity bounties page? I know some people who would be more than happy to put a bounty on for improvements on the video chat activity.

3) OLPC will happen, and very soon, but probably not through the XO brand (at least not exclusively). OSS and cheap hardware will be key to this, and it will not be limited to 3rd world countries. Seems like a nice niche for consulting. I know who I would NOT be calling if I happen to be sponsoring a school to establish OSS based learning. Let the world know you are available and you might be pleasantly surprised.

Anyway, I strongly believe that history will show this is all for the better for all of us. Cheers!

]]> By: Jerome G. http://blog.melchua.com/2009/01/08/melavailabilityfree/comment-page-1/#comment-1662 Jerome G. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:43:21 +0000 http://blog.melchua.com/2009/01/08/melavailabilityfree/#comment-1662 Well being redundant is no fun especially in a fun job like OLPC, but I'm happy that you'll be starting again as a volunteer for the project and that means there won't be strings attached to your work - just the desire to help. Good luck in the future and see you somewhere in the interwebs! Well being redundant is no fun especially in a fun job like OLPC, but I’m happy that you’ll be starting again as a volunteer for the project and that means there won’t be strings attached to your work – just the desire to help.

Good luck in the future and see you somewhere in the interwebs!

]]> By: DJ http://blog.melchua.com/2009/01/08/melavailabilityfree/comment-page-1/#comment-1661 DJ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:48:56 +0000 http://blog.melchua.com/2009/01/08/melavailabilityfree/#comment-1661 Nifty, I guess. Does this also begin your tenure as a vagrant hacker, or are you leaving room for another office-slave type dealy at some point? Nifty, I guess. Does this also begin your tenure as a vagrant hacker, or are you leaving room for another office-slave type dealy at some point?

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