[TriLUG] visiting Red Hat HQ

[WA Brown]

I talked to the receptionist until I was blue in the face! No deal. The only 
way I could talk to someone was to have an appointment. They just dont care.

WA Brown


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cristóbal Palmer" <cristobalpalmer at gmail.com>
To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 7:48 PM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] visiting Red Hat HQ


> Ouch.
>
> How about calling their front desk and asking for a tour? Given the
> history between redhat and oracle, I'm sure they'd jump at the chance
> to impress a blogger who blogs about working with oracle products on
> linux.
>
> Introduce yourself as the blogger that you are (and tell them what you
> blog about) and ask who you should speak to.
>
> There are plenty of redhat employees on this list--maybe one will be
> generous enough to be your host/hostess at redhat while you're in
> town.
>
> Cheers,
> CMP
>
> On 2/7/07, WA Brown <brownwa at ftc-i.net> wrote:
>> 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!
>> >
>> > --
>> > - Kevin
>> > http://www.nivex.net/
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