[CoLoCo] Linux netbook

[Edwin McGuire]

Ian,
    I have E-mail only account for now. do you (Sys76) have email notifications, catalog etc...would love more info.
    Thanks in advance
    Ed
mcguiresmain at emypeople.com
Pueblo,Co
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ian Santopietro 
  To: Ubuntu Colorado Local Community Team 
  Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 1:26 PM
  Subject: Re: [CoLoCo] Linux netbook


  Hi Nelson.


  I'm sorry you feel that way. Let me clarify a little bit.


  We collect your address when you create an account on our site because we are an E-Commerce website. We need that information to ship you products. We do not sell customer information and we never will. If you're still uncomfortable about creating an account on our website, you're welcome to follow us on Twitter, Identi.ca, or Facebook.


  http://www.twitter.com/system76
  http://www.identi.ca/system76
  http://www.facebook.com/system76


  We did initially plan on releasing the new Starling around mid-july. However, recent set-backs have pushed the release date back a bit. We don't want to release a product that isn't ready just to meet a previously stated date. To maintain our quality standards, it is necessary to complete all of our engineering, even if that means we have to change the release date.


  I hope this resolves some misconceptions you may have had.


  On 12 July 2010 15:58, Nelson Ingersoll <nelson.ingersoll at email.com> wrote:

       Initially a Sys76 rep suggested that the new Starling would be READY
    by mid-July.  Now I read on their Facebook site that actual sales won't
    happen until whenever they're ready, like August or September.

       TL;DR Don't trust what you're told by sales people.

       Upon the start of this thread I visited the Sys76 site and started
    the process of "creating an account".  I stopped when I saw that Sys76
    required my home address and phone number to complete the process.  I
    mentioned that fact to them and was quickly told that Sys76 would never
    ever under any circumstance share that info with anyone else.  I didn't
    continue the conversation; however, my immediate thought was, "Then why
    collect the info?  What use is it?"

       That one visit left a bad impression with me.  Companies which claim
    privacy ethics withhold the complete truth.  First and foremost the
    company must make money or go out of business.  They will change their
    privacy policy when it suits their bottom line; though, they may offer a
    heart-felt "Funk & Wagnalls Front Porch Mason Jar" opt-out provision.
    You'll have to pay attention and put your opt-out in a mason jar on Funk
    & Wagnalls front porch, a nod to Johnny Carson, for it to take effect.
    This presumes they are actually ethical; you are on your own if they aren't.

       Thus, I'm wary of Sys76 and am concerned their products may be as
    poorly thought out as their personal-information gathering.  To
    paraphrase Tom Peters, "When you board a plane, the first thing you do
    after sitting down is to lower the tray table in front of you.  If the
    tray table is dirty you can't help but wonder if the engine maintenance
    done."

    Nelson





    On 7/10/2010 8:59 AM, Diane Leikvold wrote:
    > I have a Dell mini 9 netbook with a 3 cell battery.  I've had it for
    > about 2 years now.  It gets around 3-4 hours of battery life depending
    > on what you are doing.  I switched from Windows XP to Ubuntu Netbook
    > about 6 weeks ago and I didn't really see too much difference in battery
    > life, but it breathed new life into it as far as speed.
    >
    > Kurt : Diane's husband
    >
    > On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 12:46 AM, Jim Hutchinson <jim at ubuntu-rocks.org

    > <mailto:jim at ubuntu-rocks.org>> wrote:
    >
    >
    >
    >     On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 6:01 PM, David Overcash

    >     <funnylookinhat at gmail.com <mailto:funnylookinhat at gmail.com>> wrote:
    >
    >         New details on the Starling:
    >         http://facebook.com/system76
    >
    >         Looks awesome!
    >
    >
    >     Thanks for the tip. Looks pretty cool. Curious what sort of battery
    >     life it will get. 3 cell sounds kind of small.
    >
    >     Jim
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