[Coco] Slightly OT, But coco related

[John R. Hogerhuis]

John W. Linville <linville at ...> writes:


> Do you have an XO?  I took one to the last cocofest.  I definitely
> think there is something of the CoCo spirit embodied in it.
> 

Hi,

Well technically, no... but my 4 year old does have a G1G1 unit :-) So I have
ready access to one.

I definitely agree on CoCo spirit, in that the XO is designed to be programmed
and altered by the user. The hope I have for the XO is that it will light that
same fire in my own kids. I don't necessarily want any of them to grow up and be
programmers like their dad.

I think some level of programming is becoming a basic skill for all technical
disciplines and this will continue. So this is just a way to get them started
early, eventually learn all that programming stuff just as they will learn
algebra, calculus, etc. Then they will have several degrees of freedom to
concentrate on higher pursuits.

For myself, I'm finishing up my MBA this next week so XO related projects may
get scheduled to run soon ;-)

-- John.