On Die, 2007-11-27 at 12:49 +0200, John Hay wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 11:19:26AM +0100, Bernd Petrovitsch wrote:
> > On Die, 2007-11-27 at 11:02 +0100, Aaron Kaplan wrote:
> > > hm, well at that time there apparently was only that one SoC which  
> > 
> > I'm pretty ignorant (read: it's low on my priority list) with OLPC but
> > which month/year was "that time"?
> > 
> > > could continue to mesh layer 2 frames while everything else was  
> > > suspended (CPU, RAM, flash hard disc, ...).
> > 
> > Uuuuh, I hope there is no hidden agenda somewhere which brought this

Perhaps I read too often in the daily newspapers about public tenders
(and not so public on the grapevine) with the "help"[0] of a supplier
which leaves exactly one winner. And that is - of course just by
accident - a product of the "helping" supplier.

> > feature request into the requirements specification to force everyone to
> > use the single only possible solution.
> 
> Well I think their problem is pretty real... If the OLPC's are to
> actually end up in real rural areas where they are supposed to go. There
> is no electricity. The kids will probably have to wind-up their OLPC's,
> so if you want a mesh network that is always on, even if the notebook
> is switched off, your options are probably limited. Even here in South
> Africa there are lots of areas where people do not have power at their
> homes or schools or other public buildings.

Hmm, that's than an interesting challenge for the batteries and power
consumption too, I suppose.

	Bernd

[0]: Define/interpret "help" as far as you dare to think.
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