So, what are they doing? Trolling the Red Hat mailing lists? On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, Jonathan Bartlett wrote: > I just got it myself. This may be something they are doing to decide > whether to give Red Hat a "buy" or "sell" rating. My guess is that it's > spam. Jordan Welu, who this survey is from, is one of the analysts > following Red Hat Software. My guess is that it is not sanctioned by Red > Hat, but they probably snagged the addresses from watching the Red Hat > User's list. > > Here is an article specifically mentioning Jordan Welu and First Albany > Capital giving ratings on Red Hat: > > http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2004/03/22/daily20.html > > Jon > > On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, Ryan Golhar wrote: > > > Which is partly why I'm asking. I would expect the link to come from > > redhat.com, or the survey to be on redhat.com. > > > > I clicked on it (probably a mistake), and it did not go to redhat.com, > > or had anything to do with a redhat site. > > > > I've never heard of First Albany Capital, or Zoomerang... > > > > This sounds like the spam for Microsoft Security Updates that went out > > awhile ago...I just don't know how they got my work and home email > > address... > > > > Ryan > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Bob Smith [mailto:bob@xxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 6:31 PM > > To: golharam@xxxxxxxxx; General Red Hat Linux discussion list > > Cc: 'General Red Hat Linux discussion list' > > Subject: Re: FW: Red Hat User Survey > > > > > > >From the Survey introduction page, it's from a financial institution: > > > > Thank you for participating in First Albany Capital's survey of Red Hat > > users. First Albany Capital is an investment banking boutique focused on > > high growth sectors of the economy. We are conducting this survey of Red > > Hat users to better understand the dynamics of the rapidly evolving > > market for Linux software. At the end of this survey, you may choose to > > have the full results of this poll emailed directly to the address you > > provide. Individual responses will be kept confidential. > > > > > > -Bob > > > > > > > Is this for real? Just got it... > > > > > > Ryan > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Red Hat Survey [mailto:jordan.welu@xxxxxxx] > > > Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 6:01 PM > > > To: > > > Subject: Red Hat User Survey > > > > > > > > > Dear Red Hat user, > > > > > > We are surveying Red Hat users throughout the United States and > > > abroad, to measure their satisfaction with Red Hat and their > > > expectations for their use of Linux in the future. The survey is very > > > short - only 7 questions! > > > > > > At the end of this survey, you may choose to have the full results of > > > this poll emailed directly to the address you provide. Individual > > > responses will be kept confidential. > > > > > > Thank you. To begin the survey, please click on the link below. > > > > > > http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=U2465L3NYLK > > > -- > > > redhat-list mailing list > > > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org To be notified of updates to the web site, visit http://www.bubbanfriends.org/mailman/listinfo/site-update, or send a message to: site-update-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with a message of: subscribe -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
