Edit: I was to optimistic, turns out the manual only needs to be in French and Dutch.. :D
2012/3/10 Wouter Vandenneucker <wouterv...@gmail.com> > Hi guys > > A while ago I told on the meeting that the company where my father works > is going to change their hardware. Employees can ask to keep their pc, but > those that don't go away (most likely almost al of them) are ours to keep. > We are as a matter of fact the only organization who asked to get some of > these computers. My initial request was 20 PC's and a couple of Laptops for > Ubuntu-be, but that was only a target number. The IT guy told us that we > might even get some more out of it. Although this last fact remains > uncertain, we can be certain that we'll have some hardware. > > All computers come with 2 TFT screens (according to my dad either 17,4" or > 19"), the screens are adjustable in height and can rotate to have a > portrait instead of a landscape setup. > > But there is some good and some bad news to it. The bad news is that there > is a condition! > The good news is that the condition is that we need to provide them with > an Installable Ubuntu USB stick and a user manual (preferably in 4 > Languages). This is because all computers, even those that don't come with > us, are going to be running Ubuntu when they leave the office. Every > employee who takes one of those computers will receive a printed manual.. > ;-) > > It didn't look like a bad deal to me. :p > So I said we could live with that! ;-) > > I'll keep you all posted! > Latest news I got was that their new servers where slightly delayed and > the new laptops need to be configured to automatically connect etc.. The > guy told my dad that he was expecting our first computers to leave > somewhere in may and the last somewhere in June. (which is worse that the > initial April estimate but better than the in between August estimate...) > > Kind regards > > > Wouter Vandenneucker >
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