From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailserv2.iuinc.com (qmailr@mailserv2.iuinc.com [206.245.164.55]) by puffin.external.hp.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id MAA14514 for ; Wed, 15 Dec 1999 12:29:52 -0700 Received: (from willy@localhost) by gin.ext.thepuffingroup.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id PAA01028 for parisc-linux@thepuffingroup.com; Wed, 15 Dec 1999 15:36:27 -0500 Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 15:36:27 -0500 From: Matthew Wilcox To: parisc-linux@thepuffingroup.com Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Puffin sells out! Message-ID: <19991215153627.B978@thepuffingroup.com> References: <199912150122.UAA01899@hiauly1.hia.nrc.ca> <19991214215358.A31893@thepuffingroup.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <19991214215358.A31893@thepuffingroup.com>; from Matthew Wilcox on Tue, Dec 14, 1999 at 09:53:58PM -0500 List-ID: 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 > > . 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 :-)