> >I have been in the portland linux users group for 4 years and am a active
> >linux user and developer. Check the e-mail archives at pdxlinux.org.
> >I've been posting from [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Just out of curiosity, if you're a member of the Portland Linux User
> Group, what made you decide to ask here, where you are completely
> unknown, and where your message wasn't really appropriate? I don't
> think it is very suprising that many here thought it was SPAM. In
> many ways, it was.
Okay, I'm sorry to be a bore, here, but
1) If Derek had done a little more work before posting his spam warning
(eg. checking a search engine Near You), none of this would even be
a thread.
2) The guy's doing work for a class. He's a Linux user, and a fan.
Linux has a reputation for a *helpful* user community. Was he
mistaken? Where else would you have preferred he send the e-mail?
Microsoft, perhaps? (I'm sure they'd *love* to fill him in on the
ethnography of Linux hackers/users.) Just 'cause someone goes to
school out west certainly says nothing about where they hail from.
Yes, he could have done a slightly better intro. The e-mail was not
without its flaws. This is not, however, a valid reason to put down his
attempt at actually (*gasp*) getting valid information for a class he's
taking. What would you have done in his shoes? I have difficulty of
thinking of a *more* pertinent forum for an e-mail of this ilk.
-Ken
> >I find your response rather insulting and have never heard of this
> >sort of thing that you suggest I am doing happening.
>
> It happens all the time. I'm happy for you that you've never
> experienced it yourself. Some of us haven't been so lucky.
>
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