LINUX EXPO MICHIGAN (fwd)
Sean
picasso@madflower.com
Thu, 8 Feb 2001 06:47:30 -0500 (EST)
*lol* i just realized pine actually has spellchecker.
I was just poking fun at Ed. =) The response was actually kind of funny,
it mirrored my first impression.
Although if he was really being non-pc, he would have an UltraSparc for a
desktop *ducks flying objects*
On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, Marcel Kunath wrote:
> I think he was just being non-pc. But I surely have to use a spell checker
> from now on before I write to the list. Or even better I may need to have an
> American friend sign off on my language before approaching the list. =)
>
> mk
>
> >
> > Are you going out of your way to demonstrate you don't have to be wise or
> > ethical to be president? *ducks*
> >
> > On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, Edward Glowacki wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, Sean wrote:
> > > > I get this Linux stuff everyonce in a while. I am not exactly sure where
> > > > it comes from. I seriously doubt the club is interested in this..
> > > > But I will defer to your more wise, presidential, and ethical treatment to
>
> > > > such occurances. =)
> > >
> > > My wise, presidential, and ethical response is mixed in below with
> > > the message... ;)
> > >
> > > To bring the rest of you up to speed, the above quote was from
> > > Sean, who received an email from skyevents.com. That email is
> > > quoted below in the "Ed's reply" section, along with my response.
> > > Keep in mind that my reply is directed back to the original sender
> > > as if I had received the message from them personally, and that I
> > > would never actually send this reply back to the person. It's a
> > > joke, parody, farce, whatever you want to call it. I think you
> > > all know me well enough to realize that it's not serious. =) That
> > > being said, read on, and please, no comments on my grammar or
> > > spelling. ;)
> > >
> > > --- Begin Ed's reply ---
> > > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > > Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 17:57:02 -0500
> > > > From: Andrea Roy <andrea.roy@skyevents.com>
> > > > To: picasso@madflower.com
> > > > Subject: LINUX EXPO MICHIGAN
> > > >
> > > > Dear Linux Fans,
> > > >
> > > > My name is Andrea and for those who haven’t heard from me I am responsible
>
> > > > of LINUX EXPO tradeshows in the Americas.
> > >
> > > Hmm... the non-printable apostrophe (in "haven~Rt") is a relatively
> > > sure sign that your email originated on a non-Linux box. Why a
> > > company who is so involved in Linux wouldn't be using Linux, or at
> > > least make sure their emails are readable on a Linux box is beyond
> > > me...
> > >
> > > > SkyEvents : a team with worldwide presence at your service and organizers
> of
> > > > 10 LINUX EXPO tradeshows. Based in Paris, Montreal and Brazil, the Sky
> > > > Events teams have demonstrated their expertise in organizing many
> > > > international seminars and exhibitions. For more information on us, pleas
> e
> > > > visit www.linux-expo.com
> > >
> > > Maybe I'll visit, maybe I won't, but you don't have to tell me "for
> > > more information visit..." because I expect that if I see a URL
> > > and decide to visit it, there will be more information. If not,
> > > then WTF do you have a website for?
> > >
> > > > Presently, we are analysing the possibility of doing two days conference i
> n
> > > > California. We don't know yet wich city would be more approriate. We woul
> d
> > > > do a road show of two days conference per city and would do 10 cities in a
>
> > > > year. The conference would be very technicals and non marketing. Compani
> es
> > > > would sponsor the event for the 2 days (about 5000$ to sponsor) and would
> > > > have the posssibility to talk about 40 minutes per day. The entrance for
> > > > this two days would be about 175 US.
> > >
> > > OK, a couple of comments here. First of all, if you are trying to
> > > organize support for a professional conference, make sure your
> > > information is presented professionally. Check your spelling and
> > > grammar. "wich" should be "which", 5000$ should be $5000, 175 US
> > > should be $175 US, "posssibility" (misspelled) would probably be
> > > better worded as "opportunity", "this two days" might be better as
> > > "this two day event" or something else, just to name a few of the
> > > problems found in this paragraph alone.
> > >
> > > Like *all* my email messages (even including "Yo, whassup?" messages
> > > to friends), this one has relatively good grammer, spelling, and
> > > punctuation. I generally expect professional announcements like
> > > yours to be *at least* as proper as my own casual email.
> > >
> > > Now, on to the content of the paragraph... As far as I can tell
> > > from the presentation of the information, every 36.5 days you start
> > > a new conference. In addition, while you are in the city doing
> > > the conference, you also do a "road show" of two day conferences,
> > > presumably at different hotels around town. This might explain
> > > the 36.5 day cycle. Also, "The entrance for this two days would
> > > be about 175 US" makes no sense, and as best I can decipher translates
> > > to "In order to participate in the existance of the two days the
> > > conference is held, you must pass through about 175 United States."
> > > Given that there are currently only 50 states united here, we have
> > > some growing and/or splitting to do in order to gain "entrance for
> > > this two days".
> > >
> > >
> > > > For this matter, we really need to have your LUG support. What we would
> > > > ask you is first: your opinion on this project and second: if you agree to
>
> > > > have your LUG sponsor the event. (By sponsor we mean link, web support, no
>
> > > > money involved...)
> > >
> > > first: I have already shared my opinion of this project. Need I add more?
> > > second: If you would ask us, we would probably not agree, but since
> > > you only forshadowed the fact that you *might* ask us this question
> > > in the future, I will say that "We might probably not agree"
> > >
> > > > I really hope that you can come back to me this week.
> > >
> > > I wasn't aware that I left you. In fact, I wasn't aware that we
> > > were ever together in the first place. Come to think of it, do I
> > > know you? Unless I suddenly wake up from my amnesia and find out
> > > that we were past lovers, I highly doubt that I will ever "come
> > > back" to you.
> > >
> > > > Thanks for your cooperation
> > >
> > > Hey, no problem. It was fun. We'll have to do this again sometime.
> > >
> > > > Andrea
> > > >
> > > > Director, Sky Events Amériques.
> > > > Andrea.roy@skyevents.com
> > > > and
> > > > Annie Savaria
> > > > Project Manager
> > > > Annie.savaria@skyevents.com
> > > >
> > > > Tel: 514 842 2221
> > > > Cel: 514 999 9792
> > > > www.linux-expo.com
> > > >
> > > > Madrid April, 4-5, 2001- Espana
> > > > Road Show East Country April 23-27, 2001
> > > > Sao Paulo May 9-10, 2001- Brazil
> > > > www.linuxexpobrasil.com
> > > > Shanghai May 15-18, 2001- China
> > > > Milan June 6-7, 2001- Italy
> > > >
> > > > 2002
> > > > Paris January 30-31-1, 2002- France
> > > > Amsterdam February 19,20, 2002- Netherlands
> > > >
> > > > Very Soon Linux Expo
> > > > Mexico, Germany, U.K, Singapore
> > >
> > > Wow, a 26 line signature. That's one line for every letter of the
> > > English alphabet! I'm confused though, the message is from "Andrea
> > > Roy" and is signed "Andrea", but according to the rest of your
> > > signature, you are known as both "Andrea" and "Annie Savaria".
> > > You are also promoting 3 different domains, skyevents.com,
> > > linux-expo.com, and linuxexpobrasil.com. Hmm... must be a multiple
> > > personality thing, eh?
> > >
> > > So like, wow, I don't need to visit your website anymore, you've
> > > provided all the "more info" info right here in your signature!
> > > Some advice though: you might want to put the name of the country
> > > (yeah, the last word on the line) over next to the name of the city
> > > (yeah, the first word on the line). You see, those two pieces of
> > > information are generally linked together to define the exact
> > > location of a populace of people.
> > >
> > > Also, I'm very interested in the "Very Soon Linux Expo". It would
> > > be great to know about all the vaporware, I mean "Very Soon" Linux
> > > products and technologies.
> > >
> > > While I'm here, I might as well inform you that we too are holding
> > > two days conferences. That's right, two days a month we meet and
> > > talk about Linux and stuff. Just like your conference, our meetings
> > > are "very technicals and non marketing". We do road shows too,
> > > since all of our members travel throughout the area, carrying Linux
> > > knowledge wherever they go. Would you events help sponsor our LUG?
> > > (by sponsor equipment donations, bandwidth, definately money
> > > involved.)
> > >
> > > Thank you for making me aware of your conferences. I'll be sure
> > > to avoid them in the future.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Edward Glowacki glowack2@msu.edu
> > > GLLUG President http://www.gllug.org
> > > Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality.
> > > -- Jules de Gaultier
> > >
> > > --- End Ed's reply ---
> > >
> > >
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