I will setup a doodle poll, to field for a date and time Then create an agenda where we can organise things
Leave it with me Rick On Fri, 8 May 2020, 10:10 Michael Mikowski, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Valorie: > > Thank you for the excellent question. Responses are in-line below. > > On Thu, May 7, 2020, 23:13 Valorie Zimmerman <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hello Michael, >> >> On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 12:41 PM Michael Mikowski <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi All: >>> >>> We have a great foundation for success and are poised to provide another >>> round of capital to expand the reach of Kubuntu branded hardware. However, >>> we should like to adjust our agreement so we can move to this next phase >>> with confidence. Here are the areas we should like to discuss: >>> >>> - Updated licensing agreement >>> >>> Can you say more about what sort of updating you want? >> > > We are interested in extending the license agreement to ensure we have the > headroom to grow and leverage the substantial investment we've made in > providing quality Kubuntu powered hardware and brand exposure. > >> >>> - Sharing infrastructure (like site templating, hosting, lead >>> capture systems, virtual appliances, etc) >>> >>> We have no infra to share, frankly. We have some donated server assets >> and hosting from Ubuntu. >> > > We are not seeking resources from Kubuntu but are offering to share what > we have created. We have all the listed systems in place and would like to > make them available to the Kubuntu team for the benefit of all. For > example, the virtual appliance build and delivery system is quite > sophisticated and could be used by Kubuntu to capture leads and expand > adoption. We also have extensive regression testing in place and a > replacement for WordPress. We can make these freely available to Kubuntu > as a way of giving back to the community and strengthening the Kubuntu > brand. > >> >>> - Feeding improvements upstream >>> >>> By which you mean contributing code to Ubuntu or Debian? Changes to our >> Kubuntu Docs? or what? >> > > All of these. We already have a growing library of documents to help > Kubuntu Focus customers at https://kfocus.org/wf/. Also, we have made > systems to improve stability and reliability such as the FocusRx out of > band updates. We have fixed compositor and have integrated CUDA libraries > with i386 drivers. All these - and many more - could likely be moved > upstream to benefit all users. > >> >>> - Better integration to the build process (Rik Mills) >>> >>> Rik was not in the original send line. Can you say what you mean here? >> > > We publish three packages that provide hardware optimization, UX > preferences, and curated apps to customers from our signed repository for > both 20.04 and 18.04. Review of these by Kubuntu packagers such as Rik > would be most welcome and could strengthen both the Kubuntu distribution > and the product we ship. Sometimes it's amazing how much can be > accomplished when just a few key developers collaborate. > >> >>> - Future involvement with Tuxedo >>> >>> Are we, the Council involved with Tuxedo? I believe that our agreement >> was with you and your company. Your agreement to Tuxedo is only tangent to >> us, in that hopefully they are distributing KFocus machines in Europe. >> > > We can take this offline. > >> >>> - Anything else the Counsel would like to discuss >>> >>> I'm afraid that this email is so vague I'm a bit at sea. >> > > I hope these responses help clarify our intent. We want to work as an > honest partner with Kubuntu to make a great distribution even better and > help build a bright future for both the OS and Kubuntu branded hardware. > > Sincerely, Mike > > >> >>> Perhaps we could meet soon to discuss? >>> >>> Sincerely, >>> >>> Michael S. Mikowski >>> Founder and General Manager, MindShareManagement Inc. >>> 415-418-4731 (08:00-19:00 PST) >>> >>> ==== >>> >>> *Background* >>> The Kubuntu Focus has come a long way. We have built substantial >>> infrastructure for every facet of the business. Great examples include >>> signed repositories, a full e-commerce site, substantial inventory, live >>> support, constantly validated and updated mission-critical workflows like >>> deep learning, production systems, and logistics controls. We also feel >>> the product is also excellent with hundreds of refinements to make it a >>> ready-to-use, reliable, and fully supported consumer product. >>> >>> To date we have sold 19 units in the US. Tuxedo is also distributing the >>> Focus Europe but they have not responded to enquiries for weeks. We believe >>> they have sold around the same number. >>> >>> All the best, >> >> Valorie >> >> -- >> http://about.me/valoriez - pronouns: she/her >> >
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