From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [64.233.184.228] (helo=wr-out-0506.google.com) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KbLet-0003Tn-HT for openembedded-devel@openembedded.org; Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:42:27 +0200 Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id c53so150594wra.20 for ; Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:40:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:subject:from:reply-to:to:cc :in-reply-to:references:content-type:date:message-id:mime-version :x-mailer:content-transfer-encoding:sender; bh=sf6HncLosC8Dw+u1UNtMku4Qf/YcxBhEdBv67Gr3Dx4=; b=SI+vhVEyJ3xxttTDwT+xrO4WIMk71P7yyGcAy5rq7BybmCmhFMezmNC30HCkihu4XA nPkBUvV/eLaKh4J7Nu6wyXQgxKGy4UDECRq9Q2a5toIYxUvfgNVuRc5ifGbkf8evDq9I 28feFLHK0IjdH09rx9dNSAPLP0BxlTnJHUjlQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:from:reply-to:to:cc:in-reply-to:references:content-type :date:message-id:mime-version:x-mailer:content-transfer-encoding :sender; b=UO77LhGLrjEQeDHm7OKa7Ij3/aisL69wQzZNMgwRXYTf0oSgZDIjhB4BArkpkhO40s hK/LUyHJ+H4mIlzVB9OV/11N9gv5L4Z9kJzww1U3UBm66V7fFwmbq2viQJT2OB53lsjL 7Ufzi+X0WPx90Ncy3HAoAkGeYiMJ15kFpQidM= Received: by 10.90.49.3 with SMTP id w3mr13684916agw.33.1220560815521; Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:40:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.2.3? ( [72.160.221.202]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 5sm16490115agc.29.2008.09.04.13.40.13 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:40:14 -0700 (PDT) From: David Farning To: Edward Cherlin In-Reply-To: References: <1219364965.7212.319.camel@dfarning.desktop.org> <6051830F-D75C-4B5F-8509-1C06F23450FF@student.utwente.nl> Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:40:12 -0500 Message-Id: <1220560812.10983.170.camel@dfarning.desktop.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 Sender: David Farning Cc: openembedded-devel , Koen Kooi , beagleboard , Jason Kridner , Sugar List Subject: Re: [sugar] Sugar on the BeagleBoard using the OpenEmbedded toolkit. X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:42:27 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Wed, 2008-09-03 at 13:14 -0700, Edward Cherlin wrote: > On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 3:57 AM, Koen Kooi wrote: > > > > Op 22 aug 2008, om 02:29 heeft David Farning het volgende geschreven: > > > >> Welcome to the Sugar on the BeagleBoard project. It seems that we have > >> all of the pieces in place to do a port. > > Very good. Thank you. > > I see that BeagleBoards list at $149. Do you have any idea of quantity > pricing? Apparently TI sells them only through Digikey, which only > gives single-unit prices on its site. I can see applications for data > acquisition and control worldwide, as well as for teaching embedded > systems development. I am thinking of possibilities for placement of > systems through microfinance, assuming that we can find and document > ways to increase income using BeagleBoard+Sugar more efficiently than > by other methods. The BeagleBoard is a development platform for introducing developers to the OMAP35x family of processors. I don't believe that it was meant for endusers. The interesting question I my mind is, 'Who will be the first to leverage the chipset into low cost thin clients or laptops for use classrooms?' thanks dfarning