Hey Jason, Nice to see that you're still around. This is Craig Smith...the guy who briefly help out with Linux Mentors
Craig On Feb 6, 2008, at 12:08 PM, burkej71 wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm interested in getting involved with ByteWorks, and I thought I > would introduce myself. I'm Jason Burke, and in the past I was > involved with a similar project that I started called Linux Mentors. > At that time, 2000 to 2003, I worked with the St. Louis Urban League > and Lighthouse community outreach center to teach at-risk kids > computer skills using open source software. As I'm sure most of you > know, it's difficult to keep these types of projects running (the > Urban League eventually received a grant from MS, so Linux was ousted > there, and Lighthouse ended up closing down due to financial issues), > so I applaud your efforts and success in keeping ByteWorks up and > running. > > Currently, I'm working on a project that may be of interest. I'm > trying to find the cheapest, most effective way to upgrade old > computers (and build new ones for educational organizations). At this > point, I've found a new (all-in-one) motherboard that I'm testing that > only costs $60 and delivers 1.5 GHz of computing power. I just ordered > a DDR2 memory stick for it (for $23), so I'll be upgrading an old PC > of mine this weekend, and performance testing a couple of different > OSs on it. > > I'll be happy to share my findings on this if anyone is interested. > > Anyway, I'm hoping to stop by the shop on the 16th to take a look and > meet everyone. > > Regards, > > Jason > > PS: The motherboard that I'm looking at can be found here: > http://www.clubit.com/product_detail.cfm?itemno=A4842001 > > >
