[Nolug] Red Hat responds to my "Why I hate Red Hat" page, promises to meet me face-to-face

From: Joey Kelly <joey_at_joeykelly.net>
Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2004 10:25:58 -0600
Message-Id: <200412041025.58588.joey@joeykelly.net>

I'm sure everyone's seen my rant page on redhat:
http://nolug.org/nolugwiki/index.cgi?WhyIHateRedhat

It appears that Red Hat is sending this guy named Greg to in the Big City next
summer to argue which distro is better with me.

Uh-oh.

It's not that bad... "p.s. I won't hold
http://nolug.org/nolugwiki/index.cgi?WhyIHateRedhat
against you.".

Seriously, Red Hat is going to be holding a Summit here in New Orleans in
June. This guy Greg sent an email to Scott and me telling us about it.

Read on:

Subject: Re: Greetings from Red Hat!
On Saturday 04 December 2004 8:40 am, thou spake:
> Scott, Joey,
>
> Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Greg DeKoenigsberg, and I'm the
> "community relations manager" at Red Hat -- which means that I'm the geek
> that wound up in marketing.
>
> Don't know if you're aware, but Red Hat is about to descend upon your
> sleepy little crescent-shaped town, 1-3 June 2005. You can read all about
> it at:
>
> http://www.redhat.com/promo/summit/
>
> (Kinda light on details at this point, but we'll get there.)
>
> I mention this because it would be criminally stupid not to get to know
> you guys a little bit before coming to town. My hope is to be able to set
> aside some booth space for you guys, as I figure it might be a good
> opportunity for you guys to get some free pub.
>
> Holler back, now. :-)
>
> --g
>
> (p.s. I won't hold http://nolug.org/nolugwiki/index.cgi?WhyIHateRedhat
> against you.)
>
> (p.p.s. I'll come looking for you on IRC, and I ain't shy.)
>
> _____________________ ____________________________________________
> Greg DeKoenigsberg ] [ the future masters of technology will have
> Community Relations ] [ to be lighthearted and intelligent. the
> Red Hat ] [ machine easily masters the grim and the
> ] [ dumb. --mcluhan

-- 
Joey Kelly
< Minister of the Gospel | Linux Consultant >
http://joeykelly.net
"I may have invented it, but Bill made it famous."
 --- David Bradley, the IBM employee that invented CTRL-ALT-DEL
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