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Re: [ECDU]: CHAT 7/21
Biga5872 (11:34:52 PM): if they are how much would they be willing to give
PooPsHoOt893 (11:35:03 PM): not as much i wouldnt think
Biga5872 (11:35:34 PM): exactly we have to find our primaries and hit them hard
Biga5872 (11:35:44 PM): ibm for instance
Biga5872 (11:35:55 PM): anyone know about any involvement at all
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:36:01 PM): dnt think so
Biga5872 (11:36:04 PM): heard the name through another team
PooPsHoOt893 (11:36:14 PM): they are probably involved
Biga5872 (11:36:21 PM): I would think
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:36:26 PM): i havent heard anything about ATI being involved
PooPsHoOt893 (11:37:10 PM): we could
PooPsHoOt893 (11:37:16 PM): but Linux is a main stream push now
Biga5872 (11:37:26 PM): sorry if im in and out I am working on a project report for my internship
PooPsHoOt893 (11:37:30 PM): if we do that-we(FIRST)will go up with em
Radar777777 (11:37:31 PM): ATI sponsers a team
PooPsHoOt893 (11:37:34 PM): np
Radar777777 (11:37:41 PM): IBM used to sponser 237
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:37:44 PM): what about nvidia
Howl571 (11:37:55 PM): used to???? y did they stop?
Radar777777 (11:38:00 PM): idk
PooPsHoOt893 (11:38:22 PM): i say Linux guys
PooPsHoOt893 (11:38:24 PM): it makes sense
Howl571 (11:38:27 PM): that worries me - maybe they decided against sponsoring robots for some reason
Radar777777 (11:38:33 PM): i think our contact retired so they dropped us
Biga5872 (11:38:39 PM): get on delphi and ask around
PooPsHoOt893 (11:39:06 PM): with Linux-they will be attracted-because they know its all computer people-and thats a huge market to tap into
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:39:09 PM): i think we should maybe aim for AMD if its on the east coast
PooPsHoOt893 (11:39:12 PM): 20000 kids
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:39:16 PM): cuz amd is big right now
PooPsHoOt893 (11:39:21 PM): check it out then
smoothsurfer12 (11:39:27 PM): all good ideas
PooPsHoOt893 (11:39:30 PM): see if u can find there base of operations
smoothsurfer12 (11:39:44 PM): i am all about asking the delphi folks too whoever mentioned it
nohurlingonme92 (11:39:56 PM): goodnight yall and goodluck
smoothsurfer12 (11:40:00 PM): night man
(11:40:11 PM) nohurlingonme92 has left the room.
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:40:37 PM): amd is in cali
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:40:39 PM): and im out
t 0 n Y 1 2 7 (11:40:40 PM): tty tomorrow
PooPsHoOt893 (11:40:42 PM): peace
(11:40:45 PM) t 0 n Y 1 2 7 has left the room.
PooPsHoOt893 (11:40:54 PM): well all the major companies that we are gonna want
PooPsHoOt893 (11:40:58 PM): are Silicon Valley
smoothsurfer12 (11:41:01 PM): hahah
Howl571 (11:41:01 PM): who here is actually paying any attention?
smoothsurfer12 (11:41:03 PM): good call
PooPsHoOt893 (11:41:06 PM): i still am
smoothsurfer12 (11:41:08 PM): me:-)
PooPsHoOt893 (11:41:10 PM): lol
Howl571 (11:41:10 PM): 3 it seems like
smoothsurfer12 (11:41:15 PM): yay
PooPsHoOt893 (11:41:17 PM): whatever-its sitll good enuff
smoothsurfer12 (11:41:28 PM): yeah
Biga5872 (11:41:35 PM): meme
smoothsurfer12 (11:41:42 PM): first call of order
PooPsHoOt893 (11:41:45 PM): ok 4 lol
smoothsurfer12 (11:41:46 PM): brainstorm(now)
PooPsHoOt893 (11:41:50 PM): lol
PooPsHoOt893 (11:42:09 PM): well IBM-although they have teams already
smoothsurfer12 (11:42:10 PM): second call assign info gatherers. about braintsormed Co.'s
PooPsHoOt893 (11:42:10 PM): so we think
Howl571 (11:42:14 PM): too many ideas i think - we shud look at our current ones b4 getting more
PooPsHoOt893 (11:42:15 PM): they have a ton of money
Howl571 (11:42:32 PM): so ibm is a good chance
PooPsHoOt893 (11:42:40 PM): k list co's to go after
smoothsurfer12 (11:42:50 PM): then we write about to them and assign a pr rep from ecdu to deal with them, abnd report to us what is happenin
PooPsHoOt893 (11:43:03 PM): IBM-nvidia-amd-linux
smoothsurfer12 (11:43:08 PM): k
Howl571 (11:43:17 PM): ok lets stick with those 4
PooPsHoOt893 (11:43:18 PM): ya-thatll happen sooner or later
smoothsurfer12 (11:43:18 PM): hey, what about think geek . com?
PooPsHoOt893 (11:43:28 PM): we just have to plan out where we wanna go with it
Biga5872 (11:43:36 PM): we need to come up with a basic outline of the points we want to get acrosse
PooPsHoOt893 (11:43:38 PM): and just organize
smoothsurfer12 (11:43:42 PM): yeah
Radar777777 (11:43:50 PM): thinkgeek would be cool
smoothsurfer12 (11:43:56 PM): and we ned contact info through researchers
smoothsurfer12 (11:44:00 PM): yeah
Biga5872 (11:44:01 PM): yea wat about some .coms
smoothsurfer12 (11:44:15 PM): some.com?
PooPsHoOt893 (11:44:16 PM): that makes sense
PooPsHoOt893 (11:44:19 PM): just who
Biga5872 (11:44:24 PM): .com
smoothsurfer12 (11:44:36 PM): oh
Biga5872 (11:44:39 PM): websites in general
smoothsurfer12 (11:44:40 PM): gott ya
smoothsurfer12 (11:44:46 PM): how stuff works
Howl571 (11:44:47 PM): im not the authority on this but unless u sell a ton of stuff on the internet it'll be hard to sponsor somebody in additiion to ur profits
Biga5872 (11:44:48 PM): sorry
PooPsHoOt893 (11:44:55 PM): ya
PooPsHoOt893 (11:44:58 PM): thats what i thought
Biga5872 (11:45:07 PM): well like big places
smoothsurfer12 (11:45:09 PM): think geek does
Biga5872 (11:45:12 PM): ebay new egg
PooPsHoOt893 (11:45:23 PM): amazon
Biga5872 (11:45:31 PM): alienware
smoothsurfer12 (11:45:38 PM): but are they us related?
PooPsHoOt893 (11:45:39 PM): oooh
PooPsHoOt893 (11:45:41 PM): alienware
smoothsurfer12 (11:45:42 PM): alienware would be i think
PooPsHoOt893 (11:45:43 PM): thatd be nice
smoothsurfer12 (11:46:19 PM): IBM-nvidia-amd-linux-think geek-alienware
PooPsHoOt893 (11:46:35 PM): alienware
PooPsHoOt893 (11:46:38 PM): out of Florida
PooPsHoOt893 (11:46:40 PM): Miami
PooPsHoOt893 (11:46:43 PM): soo theres a start
Howl571 (11:46:45 PM): ok 6 ideas, try not to get any more until we look into these a little more
smoothsurfer12 (11:46:45 PM): east coast!
PooPsHoOt893 (11:46:47 PM): we can get tytus on that
Radar777777 (11:46:50 PM): i don't know it this was mentioned yet but alot of companies will not donate or sponser you if are not a registered non-profit organization
smoothsurfer12 (11:46:52 PM): k
Biga5872 (11:46:53 PM): i knew i could think of something
smoothsurfer12 (11:47:04 PM): yeah
smoothsurfer12 (11:47:06 PM): good cal
PooPsHoOt893 (11:47:07 PM): well thats a good point too lol
PooPsHoOt893 (11:47:14 PM): lol
Biga5872 (11:47:28 PM): sorry but my brain is fried
smoothsurfer12 (11:47:30 PM): i hear of one alot, a 501-c3, my work place is one and my team is one i think
Radar777777 (11:47:39 PM): ya that is it
smoothsurfer12 (11:47:46 PM): we should check it
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