<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On 27-Jul-06, at 6:49 PM, Gary Lang wrote:</DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <P><FONT size="2">How would this funding occur?<BR> <BR> I just met the CEO and CTO last Thursday at a party. They've invited me to a CTO advisor meeting they have to discuss just such an opportunity - take the OQO vertical, etc.<BR><BR></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="color: rgb(0, 0, 221); "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000DD"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">...a treat), so for many, having a full colour 1/4 VGA display is a luxury :) I personally like the OQO form factor and would love to fund a ruggedised version...</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>Oops, one typo and now you've really got me thinking. I meant to say "and would love to FIND a ruggedised version". But now you've got me thinking more about potential for the OQO in an open source mobile geo. context. Hmm... How about we get some funding to build binary apps of our OSGeo stack to run on their platform. We could also then integrate it with GPS as a value add. Just some thoughts based on a freudian slip typo :)<BR><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Tyler</DIV></BODY></HTML>