[CLUE-Talk] FW: Hacker story for Denver Post

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Okay- have to add my $.18

First, I echo most of what has already been said...

- If Patty ((whom I like and respect) is fronting this It gets a couple
extra points for repoectability: I'd like to think it suggest that she
(and Dale) have already explained the difference between the C and the H.
- Wehner's a business writer, and the articles I've seen are serious, if
not too deep. he might be okay doing this.
-AND YET, that having been said, this still smells to me like copy-cat
sensationalism. It seems likely to me that an editor or something said
'hey, russ, you wrote a couple pieces on the IT industry, why dont you go
find one of those 'hackers' we keep hearing about everywhere else and sell
some more papers for us...
- and to amplify some previous comments...why 'linux' ? why not Slackware,
or BSD or Debian or GNU ??? why bother to be that specific, and possibly
misleading and incorrect?

anyway...




Hackers Wanted:
>
> Anyone who meets this description and would like to share his story
> (anonomously) with a Denver Post reporter, please contact Patty Laushman
> at
> 303-757-4611 ext 404.  Although we can probably all consider ourselves
> "hackers" of one sort or another,  I believe the reporter's conception of
> a
> "hacker" is someone who at one time or another has broken into remote
> systems.
>
> David J.
>
>   _____
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> From: Patty Laushman [mailto:patty at theuptimegroup.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 10:38 AM
> To: Dave Jenne
> Subject: Hacker story for Denver Post
>
>
> Hi Dave,
>
> There is a Denver Post reporter I know who wants to write a story about a
> hacker (who can remain nameless) who uses Linux.  He would like to meet
> this
> person, profile them, and write a feature story for the newspaper.
>
> Do you know anyone who might be a fit for this?  I have offered to screen
> potential candidates for this story and pass names and contact info on to
> him.  Please call me at 303-757-4611, Ext. 404.
>
> Patty
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