[CoLoCo] Linux netbook

[Simon Engelbert]

Oh and BTW more tech specs and pics of the new Starling dropped ->
http://www.facebook.com/system76

-Simon


On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 8:35 AM, Simon Engelbert
<engelbert.simon at gmail.com>wrote:

> Ian,
>
> Kinda off topic and maybe something you can't tell us at this point but
> with the recent announcement that Ubuntu will be entering the tablet market
> (http://bit.ly/aNK9i6), does System76 have any tablet plans of their own?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Simon
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Ian Santopietro <isantop at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> 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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>>
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