I have enough hardware here in the basement that I could build 3 or 4 systems quick enough...but they're gonna run Ubuntu, no way I'm going to pay for a set of XP licenses. Monitors are the only thing in short supply, as all the old CRT's have passed through the recycling process and I'm not getting any "old" flat panels these days (but the VGA-only 17" flat panels ought to be cycling out eventually).

I did get my budget done - it's for printing, binders, dividers and toner for my laser printer. $325. For the rest of 2009.

I have my own computer equipment I'll use for now, but it tends to be Linux and the government world seems to be all IE/ActiveX-ish. Strange that they wouldn't use open standards .



Hello FEMA grant?