On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 12:15:37PM +0200, Paulus Esterhazy wrote: > >> If this fails, then I propose to try and raise the money needed to buy > >> one or two laptops for the project. There is a sizeable community at > >> [2], so I think there is a chance that this might work. madwifi.org have > >> a possibility to receive donation through FFII. [3] > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm guessing you never heard back from Asus? > > > > Have you been in contact with madwifi.org to find out how donations best > > could be handled? There doesn't seem to be a way to donate money for a > > specific goal at ???http://madwifi.org/wiki/Donations > > > > Perhaps donations directly to Nick Kossifidis could be arranged? > > You're right, I never heard a word from Asus. So a direct donation is > what I think is best, too. I posted a message a while back to the > forum.eeeuser.com message board, and got some response:
Couldn't the debian project sponsor one or two of these cheap machines? This could be a temporary loan, until the drivers are finished, if Debian can not afford to buy those machines to get a free driver developed. The previous debian leaders have often approved hardware expenses, if you give them a reasonable explanation. I have no experience with the new leader yet, but I would not be suprised if he would allow this expense. Just send a nice email to [EMAIL PROTECTED], I think this is a very reasonable cause. Christian _______________________________________________ Debian-eeepc-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/debian-eeepc-devel
