From noreply at vikings.net Wed Sep 13 20:38:27 2017 From: noreply at vikings.net (Vikings GmbH) Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 22:38:27 +0200 Subject: [Newsletter-en] 25% off at the Vikings Store - Sept 16th is Software Freedom Day Message-ID: <30557ac3-287f-a0fe-4800-2adf67dbd192@vikings.net> ** Vikings Newsletter 20170913 ------------------------------------------------------------ 0. Software Freedom Day: 25% off at the Vikings Store 1. Update: "World's first libre hosting provider", Vikings Store 2. FOSDEM, 3 & 4 February 2018 ** 0. Software Freedom Day: 25% off at the Vikings Store ------------------------------------------------------------ We're celebrating the Software Freedom Day[0] by offering 25% off the base price of our RYF certified and libre-friendly Vikings X200 laptop (175 EUR ex VAT) and Vikings D16 mainboard (300 EUR ex VAT). This is a rare opportunity, the offer is only valid this weekend, from Saturday, 16th of September to Sunday, 17th and won't happen again soon. Order here: # https://store.vikings.net/libre-friendly-hardware/x200-ryf-certfied # https://store.vikings.net/libre-friendly-hardware/d16-ryf-certfied ** 1. Update: "World's first libre hosting provider", Vikings Store ------------------------------------------------------------ Again, I would like to thank all those who supported us so far and keep supporting us. You guys are amazing! We've reached 20% of the overall goal which is set at 57.500 EUR. Because this has not been going at the speed we've hoped and most people who made a pre-order can't wait for world's first libre hosting provider to happen, we're also looking into other means of funding for our project to bridge the gap and speed things up. Since we've announced our web store (https://store.vikings.net/) in March this year, we've been welcomed with open arms and it's been a real success story. We've served hundreds of people who are interested in libre software and libre-friendly hardware from almost all over the world. We've worked hard, very hard, to make this possible. Still, most of this has been made possible by the FSF, GNU, coreboot and other great projects. We look forward to "return the favor" and contribute to FLOSS a lot more in the near future. The money earned through our store will definitely play a large role in the funding we require to take off. A lot of things are happening behind the scenes, alas I can't talk about most of it _yet_. However we'll provide you with an in-depth update on how and when we'll begin providing our service later in 2017. We also hope to be able to show some results at FOSDEM in February next year, which will be in less then 5 months from now. ** 2. FOSDEM, 3 & 4 February 2018 -------------------------------------------------- Being part of FOSDEM[1] as a standholder in the beginning of this year was a real blast. We do hope to be able to get a stand again next year to talk about our ideas. Probably even more importantly for most: to talk about the products we'll be able to deliver to you at that point. The FOSDEM team will receive our application in the next days and we'd be more than happy if we'd get the opportunity to be there with you. If you can, you should come in any case and experience two days with interesting people, talks, presentations and stands from the world of FLOSS. * Links ------------------------------------------------------------ [0] https://www.softwarefreedomday.org/ [1] https://fosdem.org/2018/ -- Best regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen/Cordialement/Met vriendelijke groet Thomas Umbach Web: https://www.vikings.net/ Phone: +49 6196 202 82 0 Fax: +49 6196 202 82 99 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/vikingslibre Follow us on GNUsocial: https://quitter.se/vikings Vikings GmbH Mergenthalerallee 10-12, 65760 Eschborn, Germany Register Court: AG Frankfurt am Main Register No.: HR B 84497, CEO: Thomas Umbach Tax Office: Frankfurt am Main, VATIN: DE254094338 -- Best regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen/Cordialement/Met vriendelijke groet Thomas Umbach Web: https://www.vikings.net/ Phone: +49 6196 202 82 0 Fax: +49 6196 202 82 99 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/vikingslibre Follow us on GNUsocial: https://quitter.se/vikings Vikings GmbH Mergenthalerallee 10-12, 65760 Eschborn, Germany Register Court: AG Frankfurt am Main Register No.: HR B 84497, CEO: Thomas Umbach Tax Office: Frankfurt am Main, VATIN: DE254094338 __4___ _ \ \ \ \ _ '\ /_/_/_/ /'> ((____!____)) \0\0\0\0\/ ~~~~~~~~~~~