Re: [BLUG] Tux 500

That has never stopped them from taking an old story and "digging it"
just like it was new...the memory of the users on that site seems a bit
short.

Mark Krenz wrote:
> Actually, it was already submitted to digg a few weeks ago.
>
> On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 01:40:13PM GMT, Scott Blaydes [sblaydes@sbce.org] said the following:
>> Or we could try that other site seems to be filled with easily
>> manipulated 13 year old...Digg
>>
>>
>>
>> Matt Standish wrote:
>>> 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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