[SATLUG] need help...everything is popping up Linux!

[Hector Bojorquez]

Why is that an issue?  I personally would never hire someone who was 100%
linux and nothing else.  I've worked with people like that ... and let's
just say... it's embarassing when they can't even add a printer on a
Microsoft machine... This is a ridiculous argument... it's like being
autistic if we can't get along with the "outside" world...

<<<include mention of Windows as a key component of their Linux jobs,

On 8/31/07, Brad Knowles <brad at shub-internet.org> wrote:
>
> Except that the Rackspace guys are at least smart enough to not
> include mention of Windows as a key component of their Linux jobs, and
> they don't subscribe to the list and then start spamming it and all
> the others in a hundred mile radius within minutes of their
> subscription.
>
> She spammed two different CTLUG lists, one of which was clearly
> inappropriate, and the main AustinLUG list, which is also
> inappropriate since ALG has a specific -jobs sublist.
>
> The only general list that she hit that was at least moderately on-
> topic was the SATLUG list. Do you honestly think that a spammer should
> get a free ride just because they accidentally manage to hit a target
> once in a while?
>
> --
> Brad Knowles <brad at shub-Internet.org>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Aug 31, 2007, at 11:14 AM, "Greg Willden" <gwillden at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 8/29/07, Brad Knowles <brad at shub-internet.org> wrote:
> >> On 8/29/07, Shawn Bender wrote:
> >>
> >>> There is a difference between a spammer and a recruiter. If she is
> >>> posting
> >>> on the lugs in order to hire one of us , that is not spam.
> >>
> >> Spam is defined by behaviour, not content.  Even if the content is
> >> something you do actually want to see, it can still qualify as spam.
> >
> >
> > The term Unsolicited Commercial Email (UCE) is a more precise one to
> > describe spam.
> >
> >
> >> Just because the other billion people on the planet didn't want to
> >> see that message but were not given the choice, but you did want to
> >> see that message, is not adequate justification for spamming us all.
> >
> >
> > I don't think that makes any difference in this case.
> > Many of us didn't want to see your whining email but we were still
> > forced to.  :-)
> > Just because *you* didn't want to get that email doesn't mean it is
> > automatically spam.
> >
> > It was obvious to me that she was a recruiter.  No biggie.  At least
> > she was looking for Linux experience.  Sounds on-topic for this list
> > to me.  At lot more on-topic than some discussions I've seen.
> >
> > I don't see that much difference between Rackspace or other people
> > sending out invitations to apply for Linux jobs and what she did.
> >
> > Let's all just lighten up and try to be polite.
> > Cheers,
> > Greg
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