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<body class='hmmessage'>Gavin<BR>
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This is great news. I agree in principle with the specs. My comments below in [ brackets].<BR>
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Regards,<BR>Burnie Nawn <BR>Tel. No. (011) 773 1682<BR>Cell No. 072 134 5352<BR>Fax No. 086 613 2741<BR>E-mail: <A href="mailto:jbnawn@hotmail.com">jbnawn@hotmail.com</A><BR><BR><BR> <BR><BR><BR><BR>
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Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:01:52 +0200<BR>From: GavinF@mintek.co.za<BR>To: foss4g2008-private@lists.osgeo.org; conference-workshops@lists.osgeo.org; kvanwyk@pgwc.gov.za<BR>CC: <BR>Subject: [Foss4g2008-private] FOSS4G 2008 workshop (and school GIS) PC specs - urgent reply required<BR><BR><BR>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hi all</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I’m in discussions with a PC supplier (<A href="http://www.sahara.co.za/" target=_blank>www.sahara.co.za</A>) who might be able to give us a purchase price to compete with our hire costs. We need to wrap this up ASAP else we’ll be placing a hire order on Friday. </SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Primary Use: FOSS4G 2008 workshops and labs.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">End use: OSGeo / GISSA donate the PCs to South African schools for GIS education as part of GISSA’s ‘Adopt-a-school’ program. In the Western Cape this would be in collaboration with Khanya. </SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Please urgently send me ‘minimum - nice-to-have‘ specs for the PCs if you don’t agree with mine:</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Basics: Ethernet, USB, mouse, keyboard, DVD-ROM</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">RAM: 1GB - 2GB [1GB should do for school use]</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Processor: 32 bit, Pentium dual core 3.5MHz - ? [sounds about right]</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Video card: 256MB - ? [ 512MB would do better - depending what Sahara can offer us in price]</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Screen size: 17” CRT - 19” LCD [ I would go for 19"LCD. Desk space is more and teh impact just better]</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">OS and Software to be imaged:</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">OS: Buy / hire XP licences (Professional?). If we hire them we could set them up with Ubuntu and a full GIS and education stack afterwards. But XP is necessary for the conference to handle the variety of Wndows and non-Windows apps being used. [I agree on hiring these licences for teh conference and converting to OS after the conference. S will we have a post conference volunteer workshop where we will do this? ]</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">VMWare</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">OSG4W</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">OpenOffice</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Google Earth</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Gcc</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Python</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">…</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Anything else? [ Not what I can think of right now]</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=EC_section1 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Gavin </SPAN></FONT></P>
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