From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [195.121.247.25] (helo=psmtp13.wxs.nl) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HHS28-0002c0-13 for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:51:24 +0100 Received: from [10.0.0.152] (ip5457b30e.direct-adsl.nl [84.87.179.14]) by psmtp13.wxs.nl (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 2.15 (built Nov 14 2006)) with ESMTP id <0JDH00H973DK9N@psmtp13.wxs.nl> for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:51:20 +0100 (MET) Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:51:13 +0100 From: gerwin van der kruis In-reply-to: <1171489223.1692.501.camel@localhost.localdomain> To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org Message-id: <1171489873.11033.7.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.3 (2.8.3-1.fc6) References: <1171051575.3886.12.camel@localhost.localdomain> <200702141311.17165.openembedded@hrw.one.pl> <1171489223.1692.501.camel@localhost.localdomain> Subject: Re: OE Booth during fosdem X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 21:51:24 -0000 Content-type: text/plain Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Op woensdag 14-02-2007 om 23:40 uur [tijdzone +0200], schreef Philippe De Swert: > Hi, > > On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 13:11 +0100, Marcin Juszkiewicz wrote: > > > > Is it a good idea to make a hardware donation box where companies > > > donate hardware that we port to openembedded ? > > > > idea like idea - we need to consider how to server such requests > > Do think of promoting this beforehand. I don't think there will be many > people going: "Oh I have this ${DEVICE} in my bag somewhere with all > cables and power supply. Please have it." People usually don't carry > surplus HW with them. A little money donation box might be a good idea > as well. It is easier to organize and people usually carry money to > FOSDEM (you just need to convince them to give it to you instead of > O'Reilly :-) > Maybe an idea to promote it on linuxdevices.com ? Do we have a fund where we can store the funds we get ? I was thinking to set up like a hardware distribution list Regards, Gerwin