I think this is an important move and I support this motion. On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 8:38 AM, eric.bachard<[email protected]> wrote: > [please continue the discussion on the [email protected] mailing list] > > Hi all, > > Proposal : > > The OpenOffice.org Education Project proposes to drive the following > experimentation : > > - create a dedicated branch in the OOo source code repository (means hosted > by OOo Project) for a 7-12 years software, derivated from OpenOffice.org, > and made and maintained by OpenOffice.org project. > Formally : create a new branch, completely independent of , including > milestones, like OOo does > - work with schools and students to improve the software > - innovate about performances and cooperate with the performance project in > this area > - (add your idea) > > Resources : to be defined, but the non profit association EducOOo ( > http://www.educoo.org ) is already candidate to manage that (e.g.receive > sponsoring for the software, machines for students, and so on). > > > Facts that brought us to work on this plan: > > - OpenOffice.org is not well adapted to Educational world, nor to children > (7-12 there) > - OpenOffice.org has too much of features for children, and is too > complicated for them > - Performance issues : OpenOffice.org is slow on a lot of machines > (mainly the one who have 512MB of ram or less, and procs 1,5GHZ or less we > can find in most of schools) > - Lot of schools, all around the world, are poor, and will have to wait > several years before to buy new hardware > - to fit the new emergent market (netbooks, eeepc like, gdium, future > tablets (including the probable Apple one) .. and soon), OpenOffice.org > needs to provide a light version, adapted to such machines ( poor in ram and > powerless) > > The ideas : > > - simplify OOo and propose a light version of OOo, for example removing Base > and providing a simplified Writer and Calc versions > - experiment new features, new UI and so on, including experiment whatever > - work with students to write the code, with the goal to integrate only the > best features in OOo, > - prepare children to use OpenOffice.org > - adapt OOo for children will help to work on performance issues > - use a name adapted to children : OOo4Kids, trademarked by one or several > non profit association, to keep the project out of companies control > - there is no risk for OOo, and avoids to disturb the OOo process > > > Thanks in advance for your opinion > > > Eric Bachard > Lead, > OpenOffice.org Education Project > > -- > Education Project: > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Education_Project > Projet OOo4Kids : http://wiki.ooo4kids.org/index.php/Main_Page > L'association EducOOo : http://www.educoo.org > Blog : http://eric.bachard.free.fr/news > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
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