[TriLUG] visiting Red Hat HQ

[WA Brown]

You will be frowned at. They dont care about individuals. Dont expect any 
help either. I went by there when I was in Raleigh last year and this is 
what happened. You cant even talk to anybody unless you have an appointment.
       You would think that they would meet people with open arms. How do 
they expect to grow if people dont like them or their products. Or at least 
get some help. If they would start helping the individuals and act like they 
care when you go there, they would grow faster than they ever have. They 
must not like business.

WA Brown




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Otte" <nivex at nivex.net>
To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 7:22 PM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] visiting Red Hat HQ


> Catherine Devlin wrote:
>
>> In other words, if a general Linux enthusiast shows up at the doors of 
>> Red
>> Hat HQ, will she find anything particularly rewarding there?  Will I be
>> embraced by cuddly penguins, who will give me a flipper and lead me 
>> inside
>> to a world of Linuxy goodness and wonder?  Or will a receptionist just
>> frown at me and ask if I'm a bigshot executive with an appointment?
>
> Quite likely the latter.  Red Hat has gone very corporate, and HQ is
> nothing but a cube farm.  You'd have to sign an NDA just to see the
> server room (and once you've seen one, you've seen 'em all).  I speak as
> someone who worked there for two years and things were already going
> away from the "goodness and wonder" when I got there.  I did not post
> this reply to the list as some see my views as bitter rants rather than
> a representation of reality.  I leave it as an exercise to the reader :)
>
> As I look at the blog mentioned in your signature, it occurs to me that
> I have seen you at the last two Ohio LinuxFests.  I'm looking forward to
> going again this year for the 5th anniversary celebration.  Should be
> quite a blast!
>
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