[Arm-netbook] System 76 - Entering Phase 3

[Allan Mwenda]

Well i dunno, system76 would want to make the fastest card not necessarily the freest. 

On 20 April 2017 19:14:27 GMT+03:00, Mike Leimon <leimon at gmail.com> wrote:
>Luke, et.al.
>
>I saw this blog post a couple of nights ago:
>
>http://blog.system76.com/post/159767214983/entering-phase-three
>
>and I was thinking to myself that it might not be a half bad idea to
>try
>and contact these guys and see if they might be interested in making an
>EOMA-68 laptop and maybe even get into the business of designing
>EOMA-68
>CPU cards.
>
>While I think that they have more traditional computer/laptops in mind
>for
>the future, I could also see the possibility of them offering one
>EOMA-68
>laptop for sale along a number of other traditional style laptops (why
>shouldn't they hedge their bets?).
>
>Allow me to pull the most relevant quote from their post to support my
>theory:
>"""
>* Easy to work on and expand
>
>At every step along the way we ask, “How does this decision affect
>serviceability”. Open it, change it, expand it. Our product will be
>flexible.
>
>"""
>
>To me the EOMA-68 paradigm sounds like an incredibly good fit. Since it
>sounds like they are probably still a couple of years away from trying
>to
>launch a line of custom laptops. Right now might be the best time to
>try
>and bring this project to their attention... heck, if they are curious
>enough it might even be worth it to send them an A20 CPU card and one
>of
>the mini desktops (after they are completed of course).
>
>-Mike

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