[BLUG] Tux 500

[Mark Krenz]

  That's true.  And its at the top of the firehose right now.  Everyone
please login to slashdot and bump the story up.  I think there are
enough people on BLUG that it could work.

On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 01:35:12PM GMT, Matt Standish [mstandish_at_gmail.com] said the following:
> Can't we use the firehose to bump a story up?
> 
> On 5/9/07, Mark Krenz <mark_at_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_at_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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