[CoLoCo] Linux netbook

[Simon Engelbert]

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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