Nothing here sorry - have you tried hitting molten media up for a freebie ?
Adrian Mageanu wrote, On 17/06/09 13:17:
I have seen some offers on this list in the past and I thought to fire a
question/request here. It is Linux related, you'll see from the rest of
the message.
Through a set of circumstances I got involved in helping a volunteer
organisation that does a lot of good work in the community in
the difficult area of child abuse prevention.
They are growing and need a bit of help with that, hence my message.
What they need is a PC or a server, given to them as a donation, to be
used as a development environment in a transitional phase.
The machine will run a LAMP + Reporting configuration, with the Linux
being Ubuntu, and the reporting system most likely to be Jasper.
The size of the database to be supported I estimate it at between 10GB
and 50GB.
There will be one developer at a time on the system, probably 2 power
users (running analytical reports), and up to 10 regular/light users,
not all of them using the system concurrently. The load shouldn't be too
heavy.
Video/Graphic is not an issue so (evidently) the better the processor,
the bigger the HDD and the RAM the better.
A network card is a must though.
I believe a system made of the cannibalisation of other two or more will
do, as long as it will still run Ubuntu
The organisation I'm talking about is Family Help Trust (FHT).
To show their appreciation to the potential donor(s) they are offering
the following:
First, FHT will give you a Letter of Acknowledgement for the donation
received.
Second, they can offer exposure for the donor's logo (with a link to the
donor's website) for a year on their website
http://www.familyhelptrust.org.nz
There is good company to be in on that page, with the likes of Duncan
Cotterill, Contact Energy, Radio Network and others - see their web site
for more info.
Their statistics count over 4000 individual visitors every month - quite
impressive for a non-profit of their size.
Third, the donor's logo will also be printed on the brochures they hand
over to countless of individuals and organisations every week.
To see samples and how your logo will look on paper, click on any of the
brochures (pdf format) listed here:
http://www.familyhelptrust.org.nz/resourses-referral.html
The logo will be visible on the reverse of the brochure, no un-folding
necessary to be seen.
The machine(s) can be donated directly to FHT or I can facilitate some
(or all) of the details, including pick-up and transport.
Many thanks in advance for all potential offers.
--
Craig Falconer
