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| DATE | 2004-11-20 |
| FROM | Contrarian
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Re: Upcoming Hearings by the Committee on Technology
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I (J.E. Cripps)
> > I can go Monday. Am I to do anything besides listen?
> well one of the topics on the agenda is using city funds to encourage
> purchase of inexpensive computers for residents of low income housing.
> I cant think of any computers as inexpensive as those Sams Club
> computers that come with SuSe pre installed we can make a good case for
> those computers to run GNU/Linux.
I picked up a flyer from PC Solution, "computer system as low as
$399.00" (no monitor I think)
What's the SAMS price? Discarded hardware is of course cheaper.
> ill pull some information together for you and I expect many fo the
> people on this list to gather what they can. also I think we can do some
> planing at Tech Nite this week end and put together a short presentation
> for the meeting.
I will be there. Regards JEC
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