[CLUE-Talk] FW: [NCLUG] linux store

[Jed S. Baer]

On Thu, 07 Nov 2002 16:48:29 -0700
bof <bof at pcisys.net> wrote:

> Crawford Rainwater wrote:
> 
> >Anyone been here yet in the DTC area?  Figured I would
> >pass this along, got it this morning from the NCLUG list.
> >
> >>I went into a store in Greenwood Village yesterday and
> >>it was really cool. 
> >>
> <snip>
> 
>  From another posting on NCLUG by Sean Reifschneider:
> 
>     I notice that the domain listed for this store is registered to an
>     "Anna Mitchell:
>     It sounds like this was also sent to another local LUG list --
>     someone on #colug was mentioning it a few hours ago.
> 
> So it looks like we've been suckered.
> 
> In light of the above, it was suggested on NCLUG that Anna be sent a 
> polite note telling her not to do this again, and that NCLUG would 
> boycott her store. It was also suggested that she be sued under the 
> Colorado Anti-spam laws with the money going to NCLUG for various 
> club-related activities.

I'm guessing I actually saw her today. I suppose I was in the store for
over an hour, talking with 1 guy who worked there, and with one of their
customers. Two other people came in later, and he didn't treat them as
customers.

I didn't find the level of technical knowledge to be very high. That sales
pitch is a pretty corny fake testimonial, to be sure.

From: Jeffery Cann <president at clue.denver.co.us>

> I have written an email to this person explaining that such
> advertisements are dishonest and against the ideals of Linux
> and open source.  I also warned about the Colorado anti-spam laws.

Reasonable response there, I think. I wonder what path it took to get onto
the NCLUG list? I'll be interested to hear what response comes from them.

Too bad they couldn't come up with a better way to approach the local
Linux community.

jed
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