[Nolug] Some Linux News

http://www.centos.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=127

just thought i would share a funny news story with you guys. not sure if you
all have heard about what happened to Cent OS lately.

Background: This a default test page that shows up after an install of
CentOS. It is slightly different between the 3 centos versions ... here is
an example:

http://mirror.centos.org/mirrorscripts/noindex_new.html

Now, the rest of this story is true ... hard to believe, but true none the
less. I will just post the raw e-mails (email addresses removed) and let you
see a day in the life of the CentOS Team

Thu, 23 Mar 2006 00:52:58 +0000 (Wed, 18:52 CST)
Jerry A. Taylor submitted the following Information:
Email xxxxxxx
Company City of Tuttle
Location Oklahoma
Comments

Who gave you permission to invade my website and block me and anyone else
from accessing it???
Please remove your software immediately before I report it to government
officials!!
I am the City Manager of Tuttle, Oklahoma.

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From: Johnny Hughes
To: Jerry A. Taylor
Subject: Re: www.centos.org - Contact Us Form
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 18:59:18 -0600

I feel sorry for your city.

CentOS is an operating system. It is probably installed on the computer
that runs your website.

We hope you are happy with it, since we produced it for free and you are
able to use it without paying us ... and are even threatening to have us
arrested for providing to you free of charge.

Please contact someone who does IT for you and show them the page so
that they can configure your apache webserver correctly.

Thanks,
Johnny Hughes,
CentOS 4 Lead Developer

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