Re: [BLUG] Tux 500

Can't we use the firehose to bump a story up?

On 5/9/07, Mark Krenz <mark@slugbug.org> wrote:
>
> See, its a cinderella type story. What is annoying is that tux500
> isn't getting any coverage on a site that would energize the Linux
> community into giving more money, like Slashdot. I actually wrote to
> Rob Malda to ask why he wouldn't run the story and he said that it
> didn't interest him. Sheesh.
>
> On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 12:50:49PM GMT, Scott Blaydes [sblaydes@sbce.org] said the following:
> > Okay, I don't know if I would have thought of getting Tux on a 500 car,
> > but the Indy Star has an article.
> >
> > http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070509/BUSINESS/705090348
> >
> > And it has a sidebar of "What is Linux" so it seems to be getting the
> > some positive mention in mainstream press.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Scott Blaydes
> >
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