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Re: Request for comments: use of project funds for hardware



Steve Greenland <stevegr@debian.org> writes:

> On 30-Oct-00, 19:31 (CST), Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> wrote: 
> > On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 08:04:53PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> > > The PowerPC port is about to be without an unstable build daemon again. 
> > 
> > Insert random support here. I think this is a completely sensible use
> > of project funds.

> Me three, although I'd like to see an approximate amount -- are we
> talking $2000? $5000? $20,000? I'd support the first two, while the
> latter seems a little excessive :-) (Maybe for an S/390...)

You can *maybe* get an RS6K for 20000, but I think the 390 is much
more.  2-3000 should get us a good Macintrash PPC box.

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