[TriLUG] OT: Marketing from Red Hat?

[Sean Korb]

Whoops!  No spell checker on my crappy IE browser.  Apologies.

On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 8:14 AM, Sean Korb <spkorb at gmail.com> wrote:
> I just got some very well costructed spam in my snail mail box.  It's
> a large envelope with a return address Red Ha 1801 Varsity Dr. Raleigh
> NC 27606 hand written.  The post park is North Texas 390 and the
> package is earplugs and a card that  says "Don't just be a spectator,
> Sean.  Start your engines at:  www.GetIntoTheRace.com/SeanKorb" plus a
> clip on "Pit Pass" badge.  A wget for the site doesn't reveal much
> except exclusive use of Flash and Java Script.
>
> The domain is registered by GoDaddy so the owners are properly proxied
> away from me.  Is this a Red Hat marketing device or just plain old
> abuse?  Usualy Red Hat is very up front about how it markets to
> potential customers.  And ummmm... they don't usualy use Flash and
> Javascript in their web pages.
>
> I think the next step is to bring this to Red Hat's attention, but if
> anyone gets a similar mailing, I wanted to warn them.  It could be
> something they've contraced out to an external supplier, and they
> should know how unpleasent it all looks without getting as far as
> looking at it.
>
> sean
>
> --
> Sean Korb spkorb at spkorb.org http://www.spkorb.org
> '65,'68 Mustangs,'68 Cougar,'78 R100/7,'60 Metro,'59 A35,'71 Pantera #1382
> "The more you drive, the less intelligent you get" --Miller
> "Computers are useless.  They can only give you answers." -P. Picasso
>



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Sean Korb spkorb at spkorb.org http://www.spkorb.org
'65,'68 Mustangs,'68 Cougar,'78 R100/7,'60 Metro,'59 A35,'71 Pantera #1382
"The more you drive, the less intelligent you get" --Miller
"Computers are useless.  They can only give you answers." -P. Picasso