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[Valorie Zimmerman <valorie.zimmerman@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Michael,

This comes as a bolt from the blue. I'm going to include the Kubuntu
Council on this mail since this would be a KC matter. Please address
followups to the Council.

Valorie


On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 1:32 PM Michael S. Mikowski <z_mikowski@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hi Valorie and Rohangarg:
>
> I sent this  email to the kubuntu-devel list earlier, but I found your
> addresses and sent it directly in the interest of time. Valorie, I'm sorry
> I
> misspelled your name in that message.  Ovidiu-Florin mentions that an
> Aaron
> might also be interested...
>
> I am extremely interested in providing an official Kubuntu 19.10 developer
> laptop for sale.  I can fund the entire venture and share any surplus with
> the
> Kubuntu organization and suggest it be advertised on the Kubuntu site and
> branded as such. My company would provide software support.
>
> I've spent a month consolidating my 25 years of Linux, Kubuntu, and Web
> architecture and development into a laptop image we could ship in as
> little as
> two weeks. Please visit https://mmikowski.github.io/k19-10-guide/ and
> especially https://mmikowski.github.io/k19-10-guide/#appendix-c. I
> already
> have a manufacturer agreement, shipping, and branding logistics in
> place.
>
> I have spoken with Ovidiu-Florin Bogdan who is copied above.  I believe
> with
> Catalina currently upsetting everyone in Silicon Valley, there is no
> better
> time than now to have a Kubuntu branded developer laptop on the market.
> This
> offer can provide significant income to Kubuntu. Please call or write ASAP
> as
> time is of the essence.
>
> Sincerely, Michael S. Mikowski
> 415-418-4731
>
> ps. I propose it is better to have a loose agreement in place in sooner
> and
> get the word out and then tighten things down when sales expand.
>
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