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A day in the life of the CentOS teamA day in the life of the CentOS teamPosted Mar 26, 2006 1:09 UTC (Sun) by sbergman27 (subscriber, #10767)Parent article: A day in the life of the CentOS team
Well, I'm usually not big on "this is what I sent to them" posts. But in this case I'll make an exception. I am a resident of Oklahoma City, OK which is not far from Tuttle. I've never heard of this guy, though he does, indeed, seem to be the City Manager of Tuttle, if you can call Tuttle a city. (Don't blink or you'll miss it if you are driving faster than 55mph.)
I have 27 years of computer experience. 18 with Unix-like OSes and I settled on Linux in 1996. So please understand that we Oklahomans are not all like this jack-ass.
Anyway, FWIW, here's what I sent:
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I just read (with some horror) your correspondence with the CentOS Enterprise Linux team. You probably do not understand this, despite your claimed 22 years of experience in computer systems engineering and operation (and that's a laugh!), but they do hard and often thankless work to make an enterprise class operating system available free of charge to those who can benefit from it. Though I imagine that they usually don't often have to deal with users quite as uninformed as the city manager of Tuttle OK.
I am a resident of Oklahoma City. And as a fellow Oklahoma resident, I feel I must say : PLEASE STOP MAKING AN IDIOT OF YOURSELF IN PUBLIC IN YOUR CAPACITY AS AN OFFICIAL IN OKLAHOMA!
You make us look like a bunch of ignorant hicks.
I would strongly recommend that you try to ameliorate the situation with a sincere (and I do mean sincere) apology. If you do not understand the word "ameliorate" you can read about it at http://www.dictionary.com.
It's all rather bad publicity, and believe me, it's too late to save face. Best to just own up.
I'm doing my best to apologize for you where I can.
-Steve Bergman
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A day in the life of the CentOS team Posted Mar 26, 2006 20:59 UTC (Sun) by hildeb (subscriber, #6532) [Link] So, did he threaten you with legal action as well?
A day in the life of the CentOS team Posted Mar 27, 2006 20:55 UTC (Mon) by sbergman27 (subscriber, #10767) [Link] I haven't heard back from him. Then again, I haven't checked my snail mail.
I suppose I could have a "Cease and Desist" from "Yahoo, Hick, and Dork, Attorneys at Law" waiting. ;-)
A day in the life of the CentOS team Posted Mar 30, 2006 19:55 UTC (Thu) by lysse (guest, #3190) [Link] Since Mr Taylor seems to have demonstrated an inability to even recognise his mistakes, let alone learn from them, surely the appropriate person to write to is his immediate superior?
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