From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [62.209.45.174] (helo=outbound1-fra-R.bigfish.com) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HHSUR-0002xB-VO for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 23:20:40 +0100 Received: from outbound1-fra.bigfish.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by outbound1-fra-R.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67EAE8E0ACD for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:20:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail27-fra-R.bigfish.com (unknown [10.4.252.3]) by outbound1-fra.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65A8CA78064 for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:20:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail27-fra (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail27-fra-R.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CD333F0168 for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:20:39 +0000 (UTC) X-BigFish: V Received: by mail27-fra (MessageSwitch) id 1171491639281676_29189; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:20:39 +0000 (UCT) Received: from mail8.fw-bc.sony.com (mail8.fw-bc.sony.com [160.33.98.75]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail27-fra.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B42A5005F for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:20:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail3.sjc.in.sel.sony.com (mail3.sjc.in.sel.sony.com [43.134.1.211]) by mail8.fw-bc.sony.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l1EMKb3M028168 for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:20:37 GMT Received: from [43.134.85.135] ([43.134.85.135]) by mail3.sjc.in.sel.sony.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l1EMKabT013642 for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:20:36 GMT Message-ID: <45D38BB9.5070709@am.sony.com> Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:22:49 -0800 From: Tim Bird User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060614) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org References: <1171051575.3886.12.camel@localhost.localdomain> <200702141311.17165.openembedded@hrw.one.pl> <1171489223.1692.501.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1171489873.11033.7.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <1171489873.11033.7.camel@localhost.localdomain> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 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 22:20:40 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit gerwin van der kruis 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 FYI - I'm not offering anything specific at the moment, but CELF has a fund for making hardware donations for interesting OSS projects. If there's some piece of hardware that someone thinks would really advance the goals of the OE project, please let me know, and I can have CELF consider donating it. -- Tim ============================= Tim Bird Architecture Group Chair, CE Linux Forum Senior Staff Engineer, Sony Electronics =============================