Nanonote sales to date? (functionality marketing message)
George Palen
wrightla at speakeasy.net
Sat Nov 26 00:07:12 EST 2011
Wolfgang,
Thanks for the welcome. I have been on the IRC chat several times (apink) and have gotten good information there. This is a nice community.
>How will this make your students perceive the Ben NanoNote though? :-)
My students on the whole are impressed that I carry a small computer around that does their grades. Some appreciate that it runs linux.
> ...100% stable firmware, no hangs, crashes, memory corruptions we cannot
> recover from, surprises.
So far I have not noticed any hangs, crashes etc. It seems stable so far (and I hope it stays so).
Thanks for the great little computer.
George
> George,
> I cannot remember you posting here - so first: Welcome to this list!
> Then you start with such a nice report of how you use your Ben. Cool.
>
> > I do not know how large of a market there is for people like me.
> > It would be nice to see the sales build.
>
> They will. The key is to make the device work better for ourselves
> first, and we have this list and IRC chat to exchange our experiences
> and plans towards that.
>
> > I am a teacher and use it to collect and calculate grades as I teach.
> > I have set up a database using sqlite3 and use scripts to input
> > grades as I circulate around the room looking at student work.
>
> A very vivid description. How will this make your students perceive the
> Ben NanoNote though? :-)
> Reading your usage of the Ben makes me want to make sure we have a
> 100% stable firmware, no hangs, crashes, memory corruptions we cannot
> recover from, surprises.
>
> If you have any suggestions of software you would like to see ported to
> the Ben, not only names but also simply ideas for what kind of software
> you would like to see, please email this list.
> We continue on the foundations (bootloader, kernel, build system, libraries),
> and I think for myself over the next months I will try to help with a better
> backup, encryption and update process.
>
> Thanks a lot for reporting back on your NanoNote usage, we built the device
> for people like you and it's rewarding to hear back.
> Good luck working with your students, Cheers,
> Wolfgang
>
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George Palen <wrightla at speakeasy.net>
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