Was this anyone we know?

[threethirty]

I just read this blog post[0] and wondered if the person may be an
ambassador. 


**short version** guy calls ATT&T because of a DSL issue.  The Tech
Support person spoke an "Indian dialect with a distinct southern US
drawl" 

This is the best part: 

'“Please say you are using Fedora.”  I chimed in with a “Sorry, using
Kubuntu.” He chuckled then said, “Some people will never learn.” We shot
little jabs back and forth at each other having a bit of fun while he
was doing a modem test.'

This is the kind of thing that believe it or not will get people from
inside the GNU/Linux community to switch to Fedora. May not go over so
well with non-free OS users but inside the community I have found that
comedy is a great marketing tool.

--three

[0] http://blog.nixternal.com/2010.02.18/please-say-fedora/

[Ryan Rix]

On Sat 27 February 2010 2:43:53 pm Justin O'Brien wrote:
>  I just read this blog post[0] and wondered if the person may be an
>  ambassador.
>  
>  
>  **short version** guy calls ATT&T because of a DSL issue.  The Tech
>  Support person spoke an "Indian dialect with a distinct southern US
>  drawl"
>  
>  This is the best part:
>  
>  '“Please say you are using Fedora.”  I chimed in with a “Sorry, using
>  Kubuntu.” He chuckled then said, “Some people will never learn.” We shot
>  little jabs back and forth at each other having a bit of fun while he
>  was doing a modem test.'
>  
>  This is the kind of thing that believe it or not will get people from
>  inside the GNU/Linux community to switch to Fedora. May not go over so
>  well with non-free OS users but inside the community I have found that
>  comedy is a great marketing tool.
>  
>  --three
>  
>  [0] http://blog.nixternal.com/2010.02.18/please-say-fedora/
>   
nixternal's an upstream KDE developer, and does work in KUbuntu, too. 
From the bits and pieces i've talked to him, he's a cool cat.

Ryan

-- 
Ryan Rix
== http://hackersramblings.wordpress.com | http://rix.si/ ==

[SPAM] Re: Was this anyone we know?

[threethirty]

On Sat, 2010-02-27 at 15:02 -0700, Ryan Rix wrote:
>  On Sat 27 February 2010 2:43:53 pm Justin O'Brien wrote:
>  > I just read this blog post[0] and wondered if the person may be an
>  > ambassador.
>  > 
>  > 
>  > **short version** guy calls ATT&T because of a DSL issue.  The Tech
>  > Support person spoke an "Indian dialect with a distinct southern US
>  > drawl"
>  > 
>  > This is the best part:
>  > 
>  > '“Please say you are using Fedora.”  I chimed in with a “Sorry, using
>  > Kubuntu.” He chuckled then said, “Some people will never learn.” We shot
>  > little jabs back and forth at each other having a bit of fun while he
>  > was doing a modem test.'
>  > 
>  > This is the kind of thing that believe it or not will get people from
>  > inside the GNU/Linux community to switch to Fedora. May not go over so
>  > well with non-free OS users but inside the community I have found that
>  > comedy is a great marketing tool.
>  > 
>  > --three
>  > 
>  > [0] http://blog.nixternal.com/2010.02.18/please-say-fedora/
>  > 
>  
>  nixternal's an upstream KDE developer, and does work in KUbuntu, too. 
>  From the bits and pieces i've talked to him, he's a cool cat.
>  
>  Ryan
>  
>  --
>  ambassadors mailing list
>  ambassadors(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
>  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/ambassadors 
LOL I should have been more clear :). Is the Indian fellow someone we
know? If not we should all call AT&T DSL support until we find him and
see if he wants to be an Ambassador.

-three

[SPAM] Re: Was this anyone we know?

[hagr182]

LOL, so maybe verizon supports ubuntu?

On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 6:03 PM, Justin O'Brien <three(a)threethirty.us&gt;wrote:

>  On Sat, 2010-02-27 at 15:02 -0700, Ryan Rix wrote:
>  > On Sat 27 February 2010 2:43:53 pm Justin O'Brien wrote:
>  > > I just read this blog post[0] and wondered if the person may be an
>  > > ambassador.
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > **short version** guy calls ATT&T because of a DSL issue.  The Tech
>  > > Support person spoke an "Indian dialect with a distinct southern US
>  > > drawl"
>  > >
>  > > This is the best part:
>  > >
>  > > '“Please say you are using Fedora.”  I chimed in with a “Sorry, using
>  > > Kubuntu.” He chuckled then said, “Some people will never learn.” We
>  shot
>  > > little jabs back and forth at each other having a bit of fun while he
>  > > was doing a modem test.'
>  > >
>  > > This is the kind of thing that believe it or not will get people from
>  > > inside the GNU/Linux community to switch to Fedora. May not go over so
>  > > well with non-free OS users but inside the community I have found that
>  > > comedy is a great marketing tool.
>  > >
>  > > --three
>  > >
>  > > [0] http://blog.nixternal.com/2010.02.18/please-say-fedora/
>  > >
>  >
>  > nixternal's an upstream KDE developer, and does work in KUbuntu, too.
>  > From the bits and pieces i've talked to him, he's a cool cat.
>  >
>  > Ryan
>  >
>  > --
>  > ambassadors mailing list
>  > ambassadors(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
>  > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/ambassadors
>
>  LOL I should have been more clear :). Is the Indian fellow someone we
>  know? If not we should all call AT&T DSL support until we find him and
>  see if he wants to be an Ambassador.
>
>  -three
>
>  --
>  ambassadors mailing list
>  ambassadors(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
>  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/ambassadors
>