[Arm-netbook] EOMA68 In A Intel Card World?

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 8:37 PM, Parobalth <parobalth at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 6:42 PM, Parobalth <parobalth at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > I can write down some of my ideas which currently live relatively
>> > unstructured in my head if it is seen as a good idea by Luke and the
>> > community.
>>
>>On Mon, Jan 09, 2017 at 12:36:14PM +0000, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
>>wrote:
>>  go for it, it's always helpful.
>
> To promote EOMA68-A20 and the housings I think we need shiny Images,
> Graphics, Comics, Videos to get the message across. I try to focus on
> the soon available products. I agree with Allan and Alain that a logo is
> needed. For the .gif under A) I created a placeholder logo that you can
> view here: https://www.parobalth.org/EOMA68.png Maybe we can build on
> the idea of the green circuit board (earth) and the blue circle (ocean)
> which symbolize our planet.

 i like it - the blue and the green.  there does need to be variants,
one with "libre hardware" and one without.  words "EOMA" need to be on
the same line though (68 underneath) as you would not believe how many
people get the order of the letters wrong, and if you look up the
letters "E", "O", "M" and "A" in the trademark database they're pretty
much *all* taken with the exception of EOMA.


> A) Explain the concept:
> Have a look at this small .gif
> (https://www.parobalth.org/EOMA68-A20.gif) where I used images from the
> crowd supply campaign to illustrate the idea. Be warned that I just
> quickly hacked it together.
> I propose to refine the message (better content and flawless execution)
> and to do similar ones for upgrades, use cases...
>
> B) Problem and Lukes Story:
> Status Quo: In the digital age we are used to throw away computers
> because of multiple reasons: forced-upgrades, upgrades, unrepairable
> (costs / no spareparts), shiny-new-syndrom.
> Solution: One man had the vision to create eco-conscious,
> freedom-respecting, money-saving, modular hardware. Luke Kenneth Casson
> Leighton the developer and guardian of the EOMA68 standard has been
> working fiercly for the past years to make his vision come true.
> Currently he is on site in China and Taiwang to fulfill the successful
> crowdfunding campaign. EOMA68 becomes a reality in Spring 2017 with the
> EOMA68-A20 computer card, the micro desktop and a 15" Laptop Housing.
> Preorder now!

 all very dramatic :)

> C) Examples of User Groups:
> I separated 4 main user groups to emphasize the message. They certainly
> don't exist as separate entities in reality. In reality there are
> multiple overlapping reasons for EOMA68. For example concerning myself
> 1. and 3. are the main reasons I backed the project. Someone only
> looking for good enough computing with a low environmental footprint
> doesn't have to be "welcomed" and scared away by datasheets and
> technical mumbo jumbo.

 glad to see that you understand this so clearly.

> Every group has a "catchy" motto in parenthesis:

 ... and it's definitely divided into groups.  i started putting these
into "roles" on the elinux.org spec... turns out to be a massive
task...

> 1. FLOSS/Libre/Security/Privacy (Compute like no one is watching):

> If you have critique, questions, suggestions, thoughts and comments
> please let me know. Collaboratin is very welcome.

 yes please.