Re: Intel notebooks for needy developers in developing countries
Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt wrote:
> Andreas Schuldei <andreas@debian.org> writes:
> > * Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com> [2006-02-27 14:52:16]:
> >> * Andreas Schuldei <andreas@schuldei.org> [2005-12-08 21:08]:
> >>> Intel is so generous to provide Debian with ten notebooks (besides
> >>> some server hardware), which we would like to give to developers in
> >>> developing countries who
> >> It would be nice to see a list of people who received those laptops
> >> and what they intend to do with them with regards to Debian.
> [...]
> > currently i honestly dont know who ended up with the notebooks
> > and one candiate was not fond of the idea of his name being made
> > public.
>
> That's a bit weird. It would be nice to find out what happened to this
> notebooks, so that other potential sponsors can estimate the use of
> donating hardware to prospective developers.
>
> > The number of 10 notebooks was cut back to 3 because debian had
> > received quite a number of heavy server boxes this term
>
> Hrrm, somehow nothing of that has been announced, though there are some
> services that are really in need of new hardware (like
> packages.debian.org). Could we get a report about this new hardware?
The machines are not yet in place.
Regards,
Joey
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