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Sugar coming to an EeePC or Classmate near you?: Sugar coming to an EeePC or Classmate near you?Young children already can cope withadult operating systems - seen as an irrelevant hurdle to the nearest games websiteSure, kids can learn anything, but, that is not to say that certaininterfaces might be a lot better for them and facilitate learning. But,...; Tags: Operating systems, EEEPC, Classmate, Sugar, operating system; Discussion threads 2008-05-23
SugarLabs in talks with low-cost PC makers: SugarLabs in talks with low-cost PC makersThis is all very positive! Now, ANY vendor can mix and matchthe Sugar and other parts of the OLPC hardware design. This will breath new life into one-to-one computing, and make it so that it does not all depend on one organization. And the...; Tags: Sugar, One Laptop Per Child project, SugarLabs; Discussion threads 2008-05-22
RIP OLPC: Here are two priceless bits from a long comment on problems within the one laptop per child community published on his personal blog by Ivan Krstic - he works for Sun now, I think, but was the long term go to guy on the programming...; Tags: Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Mako Hill, Sugar, Tools & Techniques, Linux, Management, Operating Systems, Software, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-05-20
Should Sugar be put out to pasture?: Should Sugar be put out to pasture?Does someone wanna . . .tell me how, if you have a grand total of "2" people voting, you can get 150%???? . . . .Methinks that the survey script isn't working right (yet/again . . .) . . .RE: Should Sugar be put...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating systems, Sugar, pasture; Discussion threads 2008-05-19
Who decides which OS makes it onto an OLPC?: Who decides which OS makes it onto an OLPC?My replyAh, so you admit that Sugar is limiting because it's essentially for children. Perhaps third world countries want exactly what first world countries have and that is to be adults."Only on a limited basis because our district has invested a...; Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Office, operating system, Microsoft Windows, Sugar UI, Sugar, Microsoft Corp., One Laptop Per Child project; Discussion threads 2008-05-18

Intense (and really thoughtful) ranting from the OLPC front: Intense and really thoughtful ranting from the OLPC frontSugar on the $299 EEE.I would be willing to bet that Asus would be more than willing to integrate mesh, provide a 33% discount to $199 if a new organization, one that carried out the vision of an education tool to the...; Tags: One Laptop Per Child project, Sugar, Microsoft Windows XP; Discussion threads 2008-05-13
Redeveloping Sugar for Windows XP Home...yeah, great idea, Nick: Redeveloping Sugar for Windows XP Home...yeah, great idea, NickCome over to The Dark SideOLPC is to help break the chain of poverty, and pathetic decisions that so many billions of people have been making over the last CENTURY.Microsoft is all about selling Operating Systems (which never work well ... )which...; Tags: Linux, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Microsoft Windows XP, Sugar; Discussion threads 2008-04-23
Snakes on a Plain...and Down the Avenue: Seems Belem, Brazil, has a reptile problem. We're not talking about lawyers and politicians either, though these reptiles also slither on their bellies. These are the legless snakes who cannot speak with their forked tongues. And the Belemites are worried their city on a level plain at...; Tags: Brazil, Greenpeace, Deforestation, Sugar, Government, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-03-11
Why SugarCRM made peace: Why SugarCRM made peaceIPO more driven by revenue?Dana, I think that the public offering has more to do with Sugar's proprietary success than it's OSS cred. OSS cred is required to get a user base. But, a non-paying user base doesn't really appeal to Wall Street. I...; Tags: SugarCRM, Sugar; Discussion threads 2007-08-28
Sugar sweet for GPLv3: The big news today is that SugarCRM has bowed to community pressure and will release the next version of its CRM software under an OSI-approved license.The bigger news may be the identity of the license, GPLv3.Currently Sugar uses a version of the Mozilla Public License, adding a non-standard "attribution" requirement...; Tags: Strategy, Software Licensing, resellers, Legal, General, Enterprise Policy, Applications, GPL; Blog posts 2007-07-26
Sugar coming down the open source incline: Sugar coming down the open source inclineThe big boys that want to dual license will use GPL3. The GPL3 is morerestrictive for linking with proprietary code, thus you get a revenue stream from those that want to keep extensions proprietary. Then there is also the requirement that all changes (other...; Tags: Sugar, GPL 3, open source; Discussion threads 2007-03-21
Sugar coming down the open source incline: SugarCRM, which found controversy with its attribution licenses last year, is now talking about moving down the open source incline and supporting GPL Version 3.The decision emerged as Sugar announced it was entering the project management arena and opening an office in Ireland. (Thats why Guinness calls it the St....; Tags: incline, Sugar, open source; Blog posts 2007-03-21
Would Sugar under Windows be as sweet?: Would Sugar under Windows be as sweet?Not related to MerchantWAREMerchantware is a DBA used for consulting purposes and is not related to MerchantWARE tm, which is owned by Merchant Warehouse.; Tags: Outsourcing, MerchantWare, Sugar, Microsoft Windows; Discussion threads 2007-02-23
Would Sugar under Windows be as sweet?: SugarCRM is a leading open source CRM package for Linux. Customers ask for it by name.But most system integrators work with Windows, not the Linux environment SugarCRM is optimized for. To help these folks make the sale SplendidCRM has rewritten SugarCRM using Windows technologies. You get the basic SplendidCRM application...; Tags: General, Implementations, Software Licensing, Strategy, Database Management, mass market, resellers; Blog posts 2007-02-22
The risk in demanding credit: The risk in demanding creditAlready fixedAs the Secunia advisory states, this security vulnerability has already been addressed in recent patches to all Sugar editions.Open source patching is FAST.It's never an excuse. I see a lot of this in WordPress. Just patch it. Open source patching is FAST.SugarCRM deserves congratulationsThe specific...; Tags: SECURITY, Sugar, SugarCRM; Discussion threads 2006-12-21
The risk in demanding credit: A few weeks ago I wrote about SugarCRM demanding that companies using it identify the product on user screens. The company was demanding credit from its installers, I wrote, and threatening to turn sites using open source into the equivalent of NASCAR cars.But it turns out there is a flip...; Tags: Security, support, Database Management, General, Applications, Sugar; Blog posts 2006-12-21
Making CRM standard and sweet: There may be as many as 30 million organizations which can take advantage of Customer Relationship Management CRM systems. So why do only about 20,000 have them?Cost. Or so says SugarCRM CEO John Roberts. So while most CRM vendors specialize in a vertical -- sales, transactions, government -- Sugar is...; Tags: Sugar, CRM; Blog posts 2006-07-26
Microsoft and SugarCRM partner on open source: Microsoft and SugarCRM partner on open sourceCustomers? What about developers?I think I'd worry more about developers. When developers see Microsoft walking away with their work, they may be walking away themselves. Microsoft is all about embrace, extend, extinguish, and I don't expect them to change anytime soon.Microsoft...; Tags: Business structures, Microsoft Corp., Sugar, developer, SugarCRM partner, open source, SugarCRM, partnership; Discussion threads 2006-02-14
RawSugar's hierarchical navigation: RawSugar's hierarchical navigationWhy Sugar?Somewhat off subject, but I keep on wondering how they picked the name for the company. Even though they are distinctly different from the CRM company, but SugarCRM has become such a brand name, I don't think it's right for another software company to use Sugar.; Tags: Branding, Customer relationship management (CRM), RawSugar, Sugar; Discussion threads 2006-02-07
Outwitted by its own ecosystem: Outwitted by its own ecosystemI have to agree with youI’ve been following these threads for the past few days, and I have to say that I agree with the dialog. I think these folks have really painted themselves into a corner with a very poor marketing message. They...; Tags: Marketing research, Enterprise software, Sugar, iRadeon, open source; Discussion threads 2005-09-01