Re: [BLUG] Tux 500

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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