From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@thepuffingroup.com>
To: parisc-linux@thepuffingroup.com
Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Puffin sells out!
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 15:36:27 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <19991215153627.B978@thepuffingroup.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <19991214215358.A31893@thepuffingroup.com>; from Matthew Wilcox on Tue, Dec 14, 1999 at 09:53:58PM -0500
On Tue, Dec 14, 1999 at 09:53:58PM -0500, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 14, 1999 at 08:22:19PM -0500, John David Anglin wrote:
> > Reported in the Wall Street Journal Dec. 14, 1999, see
> > <http://www.linuxcare.com/company/press/1999/12-14-99_puffin.epl>. It was
> > stated that the Puffin Group, a small group of Linux buffs who have been
> > helping Hewlett-Packard Co., is being purchased by Linuxcare Inc. Alex
> > Devries and Christopher Beard will become directors within Linuxcare's
> > Professional Services Business Unit.
>
> That's correct. The Puffin Group will now be manning the phone lines
[...]
> The mailing list will be deactivated shortly. We thank you for your
> participation.
I've been asked to tag this sort of message with explicit sarcasm tags in
the future. I need to remember the difference between humor and humour.
P.S. Jack, that sounds like an innovative business model, i'm sure your
IPO will set new records :-)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-12-15 19:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-12-15 1:22 [parisc-linux] Puffin sells out! John David Anglin
1999-12-15 2:39 ` Alan Cox
1999-12-15 7:00 ` Eric Molitor
1999-12-16 5:47 ` Alex deVries
1999-12-19 17:43 ` Philipp Rumpf
1999-12-15 8:25 ` [parisc-linux] HP releasing docs Alex deVries
1999-12-15 13:17 ` Alan Cox
1999-12-16 23:09 ` Alex deVries
1999-12-19 19:19 ` Eric Molitor
1999-12-19 19:10 ` Alan Cox
1999-12-19 20:16 ` John David Anglin
1999-12-15 8:04 ` [parisc-linux] Puffin sells out! Alex deVries
1999-12-15 16:25 ` John David Anglin
[not found] ` <19991214215358.A31893@thepuffingroup.com>
1999-12-15 18:36 ` Jack Perdue
1999-12-15 20:36 ` Matthew Wilcox [this message]
1999-12-15 20:56 ` John David Anglin
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1999-12-15 19:08 Tomasz Korycki
1999-12-15 20:26 Tomasz Korycki
1999-12-16 4:22 FINK,MARTIN (HP-FtCollins,ex1)
1999-12-16 16:01 FINK,MARTIN (HP-FtCollins,ex1)
1999-12-16 18:36 Tomasz Korycki
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