[CoLoCo] Linux netbook

[Nelson Ingersoll]

    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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