OT: red hat?

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On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net> wrote:
> Once upon a time, Thomas Cameron <thomas.cameron at camerontech.com> said:
>> Generally, you only get one from Red Hat when you go to work there. I
>> think in the past they were given away at trade shows and the like, but
>> now the only way I know to get one is to get hired there.
>
> I don't think they ever gave them away at trade shows (at least not that
> I saw).  They did sell them on redhat.com for a long time, but that
> stopped when they moved the "swag" type stuff (hats, notepads, etc.) to
> an outsourced site.

They have given them away at the Summit and a few other places I've
seen but it isn't common. It is an expensive item for swag so usually
they are only given away at special events within the event.

For years they have been sold through brandfuel. I can see on the
Internet Archive that happened through at least August 2010. When
exactly or why it stopped I have no idea. I wouldn't be surprised to
see them show up again, perhaps they are just currently out of them.

John