Re: Tux 500

[alan <alan clueserver org>]

On Wed, 11 Apr 2007, linuxmaillists charter net wrote:

> On Wednesday 11 April 2007, alan wrote:
> > On Wed, 11 Apr 2007, jim tate wrote:
> > > I know this is not the place to post this , but this is
> > > very important for the Linux community to see.
> > >
> > > http://www.tux500.com/
> >
> > Exactly why is this important?
> >
> > Sounds like a marketing department trying to raise money
> > for their pet project.
>
> Why is that so Bad?
>
> Its important because it takes marketing and exposure to
> advance anything.  Which camp are you in the one that wants
> to see more people use Linux or the one that does care if
> more people use Linux?

For $300,000 I could buy a lot of beer and/or cider at user group meetings 
and generate a lot more good will than driving a car around a strip of 
asphalt.

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