[TriLUG] visiting Red Hat HQ

[Greg Brown]

I have access to the oldest data center room in RTP.  :)

Greg


On 2/8/07, OlsonE at aosa.army.mil <OlsonE at aosa.army.mil> wrote:
>
> Oh -- if you have fistfulls of money and visit NetApp ...they'll let you
> in the doors ;).
>
> Although -- I had a planned meeting in the executive briefing center. It
> was freckin' sweet!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
> Behalf Of Joseph Mack NA3T
> Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 7:56 PM
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] visiting Red Hat HQ
>
> On Wed, 7 Feb 2007, WA Brown wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> In the days when I was a biochemist, there was a small innovative
> company in Maine, making a good product at a reasonable price that
> everyone liked and used. Knowing I was going to be in ME, I called up
> ahead of time to ask if there was such a thing as a tour of the place.
>
> The person said that they were a small company and they were glad I like
> their products, but all their friends wanted to do the same thing and
> they couldn't take the time to show around everyone who visited. So
> sorry no.
>
> I guess things have changed since the early days. It isn't the Red Hat
> of 10yrs ago - there's no hobbyist version of Red Hat anymore and all
> the Red Hat founders have taken their money and run (AFAIK).
>
> What reception would you get if you appeared at the front door of NetApp
> or Sun and wanted a look around?
>
> Joe
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