Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 17:41:00 GMT From: "Dan Evensen" <pcadmn@hotmail.com> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: We need your old laptop for a committer... Message-ID: <F142Cj1d4vJFRFWMozg0001401c@hotmail.com>
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I would say that this is untraditional to say the least. It does not belong on the list. There are millions of promising people in such a need. Dan Evensen CCNA Wan Switching >From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@freebsd.org> >To: hackers@freebsd.org >Subject: We need your old laptop for a committer... >Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 12:12:50 +0200 > >Hi guys, > >We have a committer, a productive and promising kernel talent, who >is being hampered in his FreeBSD work by lack of hardware. > >It would help him a lot if we could find him a laptop with enough >disk to hold a CVS tree and a few extra bits and pieces so he can >transport data to and from work that way and use it as cvs-server >for his computer at home. > >Our friend lives in what used to be the Eastblock, so just buying >a laptop is not an option for him. > >I was hoping that we have somebody out there who has a preowned >laptop he would be willing to donate and if possible cross the >"sender pays customs & dues" box on the address label, to save our >friend the $100-$300 customs import charge. > >Ideally we are looking for a laptop with 3+ GB disk and an ethernet >card. CPU, RAM, Display or even battery performance is not critical. >(But of course I'm sure that a really good modern laptop would be >put to good use, so you don't have to actually downgrade it to make >him happy :-) > >I know this request is a bit untraditional for the FreeBSD project, >but I hate to see one of our more promising talents have to worry >about if he can avoid the Attic directories with cvsup rather than >work on the good stuff he has been doing for FreeBSD so far. > >Understandably, he does not feel comfortable about asking for such >a favour in public, so I ask on his behalf: > >If you have a suitable laptop you can part with for a good cause, >and you have access to a corporate DHL/FedEx/UPS account, please >help this guy out. > >Drop me an email, and I'll put you in touch with each other. > >-- >Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 >phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 >FreeBSD coreteam member | BSD since 4.3-tahoe >Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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