RE: Can there be an "Official Hardware Partner" for GNOME

["Bastian, Waldo" <waldo bastian intel com>]

As an advisory board member Intel contributes financially to the GNOME
foundation. It's for the foundation to decide how to spend these funds.
Personally I think an Intel based system for the event box is an
excellent investment. Intel provided the foundation with two new servers
this year but unfortunately there is a lot of overhead involved at Intel
side for shipping out systems so it's probably easier to just use
foundation funds to buy a system.

Cheers,
Waldo
 
Intel Corporation - Channel Platform Solutions Group - Hillsboro, Oregon

>-----Original Message-----
>From: foundation-list-bounces gnome org [mailto:foundation-list-
>bounces gnome org] On Behalf Of Josh Kress
>Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 12:47 PM
>To: foundation-list gnome org
>Subject: Can there be an "Official Hardware Partner" for GNOME
>
>Hi everybody!
>
>Maybe you noticed my blog post on planet.gnome.org
>
>Transtec (http://www.transtec.de/) is very eager to sponsor hardware
for
>the GNOME event box. I'm currently negotiating the terms. They'd like
to
>go even further by establishing a partnership with GNOME.
>
>That's why I'd like to know whether GNOME can have an "Official
Hardware
>Partner", something the company can advertise with.
>
>What's in for us?
>
>Well, I'd like to get the following things:
>      * Significant discount on their hardware for GNOME, e.g. for the
>        Event Box
>      * A discount on their hardware for GNOME foundation members
>      * Providing hardware for events, e.g. GUADEC, on loan-basis
>
>I think we can benefit from a deal like that while still maintaining
our
>independence. Are there any concerns from the side of the foundation
>board?
>
>Anyway, I try to bring them to the advisory board as well and the
>hardware for the event box is already a deal. I now try to get Novell,
>Red Hat, Sun etc. to provide some funds as well (The plan is to plaster
>up the box with the logos of the sponsors).
>
>I'll keep you posted!
>
>Regards,
>
>Josh
>
>PS: Do we have an official contact with Intel? Maybe they will provide
>some funds as well ;-)
>
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