[NTLUG:Discuss] [Off-Topic] Free Software Consortium in search of Consultants and Agents in your area.

[MadHat]

On Fri, 2002-12-20 at 20:55, Christopher Baker wrote:
> I generally don't like solicitations in my e-mail either, but this
> certainly doesn't fit my description of spam.
> 
> Many of the people on the list are interested in free software, and
> there is a need for more unity in the movement. I certainly don't want
> to discourage people from trying to organize.
> 
> Now if he had sent this to a list dedicated to _Buffy the Vampire
> Slayer_ or investment, I would call it spam. The author even labelled
> the post by including the word "off-topic" at the beginning of the
> subject.

If you know it is off topic why send it at all?

It was an add for their business, something they are making money from,
not a free service, not an event, and not something that is going to
help the general users of our Linux Users Group.  I understand what you
mean, and this might have been OK for the Jobs list, but it was very
much SPAM.

Did you read it?  It is a place for them to gain leads for their
headhunting.  They get 20% of any monies earned and it is all about
getting employers and job seekers together so the FSC can make money. 
This is not about OSS, this is about a company using the name "Free
Software" to try and harvest resumes so they can make money off of the
"Free Software" movement and name.

-- 
MadHat at Unspecific.com
`But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.
`Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: `we're all mad here...'
   -- Lewis Carroll - _Alice's_Adventures_in_Wonderland_