Now THIS is an interesting quote from that "press release" >Mattel hopes to snag this under-served market in time for the sloppy orgy of shopping and materialism that begins the day after Thanksgiving.
Jim -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richards Jr, Edward C. Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 1:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [brlug-general] A Linux Distro for Barbie? Then why am I downloading the ISO? -----Original Message----- From: Mat Branyon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 1:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [brlug-general] A Linux Distro for Barbie? its definately a joke... On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 13:28, John Hebert wrote: > This is a joke, right? Now a G.I. Joe themed distro would make > sense... ;) > > But now that I think about it... maybe Mattel is coming out with an > Ada Lovelace Barbie ("I invented programming!")*, and maybe followed > up with a Grace Hopper Barbie ("I invented the compiler!")**. > Hopefully, Mattel has realized that the violent toy market is > saturated and is aiming for a new demographic. > > John Hebert > *http://www.sdsc.edu/ScienceWomen/lovelace.html > **http://www.sdsc.edu/ScienceWomen/hopper.html > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richards Jr, Edward C. > To: [email protected] > Sent: 10/28/03 1:27 PM > Subject: [brlug-general] A Linux Distro for Barbie? > > > What do you think? > > http://qrxx.4t.com/barbieOS.htm > > > > > This email, including any attached files, may contain confidential and > privileged information. Any review, use, distribution or disclosure > of included information by unintended recipients is strictly > prohibited. If you are not a named recipient or authorized to receive > and / or act on information sent to a named recipient, or have reason > to believe you are not or should not be one of the named recipients, > please notify sender accordingly by reply email and delete all copies > of this message prior to forwarding, copying or otherwise reproducing > this message or attachments thereto. For information regarding the > export control status of items discussed in this document, please > refer to the project control list. Thank you. > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net This email, including any attached files, may contain confidential and privileged information. Any review, use, distribution or disclosure of included information by unintended recipients is strictly prohibited. If you are not a named recipient or authorized to receive and / or act on information sent to a named recipient, or have reason to believe you are not or should not be one of the named recipients, please notify sender accordingly by reply email and delete all copies of this message prior to forwarding, copying or otherwise reproducing this message or attachments thereto. For information regarding the export control status of items discussed in this document, please refer to the project control list. Thank you. _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
