Re: Re: Kylix Kickoff (fwd)

["SANIsoft" <tarique@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Peace!  but I am surprised at their ignorance

500Kb attachments to anyone without warning is bad manners ... ....

What really bugged me was getting 2 copies in the same account which  POP
locked my DOT account

Swati

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-----Original Message-----
From: Atul Chitnis <achitnis@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Linux India General <linux-india-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 6:35 AM
Subject: [LIG] Re: Kylix Kickoff (fwd)


>All:
>
>I wrote to Jag Sury at Borland/Inprise and asked for an explanation. His
>answer is attached below.
>
>This seems to have been a genuine mistake/oversight, and 50 or less does
>not constitute spam in my book.
>
>I'd let it rest at this - if you guys want to continue to whack them over
>the knuckles because it makes you feel good, feel free to get in touch
>with them.
>
>Atul
>
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>Atul Chitnis       | achitnis@xxxxxxxxxxx (PGP:6011BCB8)
>Exocore Consulting | http://www.exocore.com
>Bangalore, India   | +91(80)3440397 Fax +91(80)3341137
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>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 11:49:58 +1000
>From: Jag Sury <jsury@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: Atul Chitnis <achitnis@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: Kylix Kickoff
>
>Dear Atul,
>
>Are you back in India?
>
>Thank you very much for your Email and I can understand your anguish over
what
>has happened.
>
>We have sent Email blasts to may be 50 or less people whose email addresses
>were obtained from the Linux User groups operating in India. The
attachments
>were in MS Word,  may be this was an oversight. We could have sent it as a
>HTML Document. I sincerely apologize for what has happened and I am
prepared
>to convey these feelings to all those who have received our communication.
As
>far as the attachments are concerned, they were the invitation and the NDA
and
>it was sent with the Email.
>
>I am sure you understand our intentions to let as many Linux interested
people
>in India as possible and not limiting to Bangalore. I believe that this is
one
>of series of events that will happen with our support to Linux. Could you
>please review and advise the next course of action.
>
>Thank you once again for your initiative to remedy the sitiuation.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Jagadish Sury
>
>Atul Chitnis wrote:
>
>> Jag:
>>
>> There is a bit of unpleasantness in the air which I want to clear as
>> quickly as possible before it  gets out of control:
>>
>> Apparently you or your office send unsolicited 500 KB mail attachments to
>> dozens (possibly hundreds) of people who were *not* part of your original
>> invitation, and who could not possibly have attended the Bangalore event
>> (for example people in Nagpur, Delhi, etc.). Worse - the documents were
in
>> the Microsoft DOC format which cannot be read under Linux.
>>
>> The Linux community in India seems to be in an uproar over this, and I am
>> seeing a fair bit of ugliness rearing its head.
>>
>> I'd appreciate an explanation from you so that we can try and quieten
this
>> down without too much further damage.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Atul Chitnis
>>
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>> Atul Chitnis       | achitnis@xxxxxxxxxxx (PGP:6011BCB8)
>> Exocore Consulting | http://www.exocore.com
>> Bangalore, India   | +91(80)3440397 Fax +91(80)3341137
>> --------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
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