[NBLUG/talk] Re: [NBLUG/Announce] General Meeting (2005-07-12):Gumstix

MPoole urgen at imperma.net
Mon Jul 11 08:42:18 PDT 2005


A link with gumstix in the news:

http://www.wired.com/news/linux/0,1411,67695,00.html?tw=rss.TOP


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "MPoole" <urgen at imperma.net>
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Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 6:51 PM
Subject: [NBLUG/talk] Re: [NBLUG/Announce] General Meeting 
(2005-07-12):Gumstix


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> They bringing stuff for sale?
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> -Mark (urgen @ #nblug)
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kyle Rankin" <kyle at nblug.org>
> To: <announce at nblug.org>
> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 3:12 PM
> Subject: [NBLUG/Announce] General Meeting (2005-07-12): Gumstix
>
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>> When: Tue, 2005/07/12 - 7:30pm
>> What: General Meeting
>> Topic: Gumstix
>> Speakers: Craig and Gordon of gumstix.org
>> Where: O'Reilly Media, Sebastopol, CA.
>>       (http://nblug.org/genloc )
>>
>> Description:
>>
>> gumstix, Inc. creates the world's smallest commercially available 
>> Linux boards
>> +and computers. Their devices are based on Intel's PXA255 processor 
>> with Xscale
>> +technology (also used in high-end PDAs and smartphones), measure 
>> only 20mm x
>> +80mm x 8mm -- the size of a stick of gum -- and cost as low as $109. 
>> gumstix
>> +boards provide GPIO pins, serial ports, USB 1.1 client, an MMC flash 
>> memory
>> +card slot, and an I2C bus.
>>
>> Their's are among the first single board computers (SBCs) shipping 
>> with the new
>> +Linux 2.6 kernel, with its fully pre-emptible, multi-threading 
>> capabilties.
>>
>> Gordon Kruberg, Founder & CEO, founded, financed, and played 
>> operating and
>> +strategic executive roles in over 30 startups and venture-capital 
>> backed
>> +companies. He holds an A.B. degree in Human Biology, a M.S. degree 
>> in
>> +Industrial Engineering from Stanford University and an M.D. degree 
>> from
>> +Northwestern University.
>>
>>
>> We are always looking for speakers, so if you or anyone you know
>> would like to give a presentation to a group of friendly nerds please
>> send an email to speakers at nblug.org.
>>
>> -- 
>> Kyle Rankin
>> NBLUG President
>> The North Bay Linux Users Group
>> http://nblug.org
>> IRC: greenfly at irc.freenode.net #nblug
>> kyle at nblug.org
>>
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