FW: Red Hat User Survey

[Mike Burger]

So, what are they doing?  Trolling the Red Hat mailing lists?

On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, Jonathan Bartlett wrote:

> I just got it myself.  This may be something they are doing to decide
> whether to give Red Hat a "buy" or "sell" rating.  My guess is that it's
> spam.  Jordan Welu, who this survey is from, is one of the analysts
> following Red Hat Software.  My guess is that it is not sanctioned by Red
> Hat, but they probably snagged the addresses from watching the Red Hat
> User's list.
> 
> Here is an article specifically mentioning Jordan Welu and First Albany
> Capital giving ratings on Red Hat:
> 
> http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2004/03/22/daily20.html
> 
> Jon
> 
> On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, Ryan Golhar wrote:
> 
> > Which is partly why I'm asking.  I would expect the link to come from
> > redhat.com, or the survey to be on redhat.com.
> >
> > I clicked on it (probably a mistake), and it did not go to redhat.com,
> > or had anything to do with a redhat site.
> >
> > I've never heard of First Albany Capital, or Zoomerang...
> >
> > This sounds like the spam for Microsoft Security Updates that went out
> > awhile ago...I just don't know how they got my work and home email
> > address...
> >
> > Ryan
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bob Smith [mailto:bob at netprt.com]
> > Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 6:31 PM
> > To: golharam at umdnj.edu; General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> > Cc: 'General Red Hat Linux discussion list'
> > Subject: Re: FW: Red Hat User Survey
> >
> >
> > >From the Survey introduction page, it's from a financial institution:
> >
> > Thank you for participating in First Albany Capital's survey of Red Hat
> > users. First Albany Capital is an investment banking boutique focused on
> > high growth sectors of the economy. We are conducting this survey of Red
> > Hat users to better understand the dynamics of the rapidly evolving
> > market for Linux software. At the end of this survey, you may choose to
> > have the full results of this poll emailed directly to the address you
> > provide. Individual responses will be kept confidential.
> >
> >
> > -Bob
> >
> >
> > > Is this for real?  Just got it...
> > >
> > > Ryan
> > >
> > >  -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Red Hat Survey [mailto:jordan.welu at fac.com]
> > > Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 6:01 PM
> > > To:
> > > Subject: Red Hat User Survey
> > >
> > >
> > > Dear Red Hat user,
> > >
> > > We are surveying Red Hat users throughout the United States and
> > > abroad, to measure their satisfaction with Red Hat and their
> > > expectations for their use of Linux in the future. The survey is very
> > > short - only 7 questions!
> > >
> > > At the end of this survey, you may choose to have the full results of
> > > this poll emailed directly to the address you provide. Individual
> > > responses will be kept confidential.
> > >
> > > Thank you. To begin the survey, please click on the link below.
> > >
> > > http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=U2465L3NYLK
> > > --
> > > redhat-list mailing list
> > > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request at redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe
> > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > redhat-list mailing list
> > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request at redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe
> > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
> >
> 
> 
> 

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