[coreboot] Fund a TALOS Secure Workstation as coreboot build system

[Martin Roth]

Hi Everyone,
  I suspect that everyone has already heard that unfortunately, the
funding for Raptor Engineering's Talos workstation project was not
successful, so I wanted to make a final post to wrap this up.  Between
12 people, we had raised enough to buy the full system and a
processor, and I'd like to once again thank everyone who committed
money to helping the project.

If you haven't read Timothy's final post, I thought it was fairly
relevant, although I suspect that many of the people in the coreboot
community already know many of his points.
https://www.crowdsupply.com/raptor-computing-systems/talos-secure-workstation/updates/the-state-of-owner-controlled-computing-as-talos-winds-down

Also in the final update, Timothy mentions some of the future projects
that Raptor is planning to work on, including developing an open BMC
board for the Asus KGPE-D16 board.  If anyone would like to help fund
that, or transfer any of the money that they were going to use to
support the Talos project, I'll match contributions with the money I
was going to put towards Talos.  He also mentions that he's going to
keep working on open-power solutions, so I'm definitely looking
forward to seeing what happens with that.

Martin

On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 10:48 AM, Martin Roth <gaumless at gmail.com> wrote:
> Update:
> I've added coreboot's commitment to purchase a board and a processor
> to the crowdsupply site.
>
> Board: 3700
> Processor: 1240
>
> We've got $6,200 committed from 11 contributors.  If things work out,
> the rest of the money will be used for the additional components
> needed, and an upgraded processor.
>
> Thanks to everyone who committed to supporting the purchase.
>
> Martin
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 10:36 AM, Martin Roth <gaumless at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Update:
>>   We've got $4400 promised, with 7 contributors.
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 2:22 PM, Martin Roth <gaumless at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Update:
>>>   After the weekend, we're up to $3700 with 5 contributors.
>>>
>>> Martin
>>>
>>> On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 1:01 PM, David Hendricks
>>> <david.hendricks at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 9:36 AM, Martin Roth <gaumless at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Is getting a Talos workstation as a build server something that people
>>>>> are interested in contributing money for?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes, this needs to happen.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> So far, we've got $2500 pledged from two contributors out of the $7500
>>>>> needed to get a server.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'll match up to $2000 worth of small/moderate pledges ($250 or less). So
>>>> if 10 people pledge $200 I'll chip in $2000 to bring us to $6500.
>>>
>>>
>>