[TriLUG] visiting Red Hat HQ

[Joseph Mack NA3T]

On Wed, 7 Feb 2007, WA Brown wrote:

> You would think that they would meet people with open 
> arms. How do they expect to grow if people dont like them 
> or their products.

In the days when I was a biochemist, there was a small 
innovative company in Maine, making a good product at a 
reasonable price that everyone liked and used. Knowing I was 
going to be in ME, I called up ahead of time to ask if there 
was such a thing as a tour of the place.

The person said that they were a small company and they were 
glad I like their products, but all their friends wanted to 
do the same thing and they couldn't take the time to show 
around everyone who visited. So sorry no.

I guess things have changed since the early days. It isn't 
the Red Hat of 10yrs ago - there's no hobbyist version of 
Red Hat anymore and all the Red Hat founders have taken 
their money and run (AFAIK).

What reception would you get if you appeared at the front 
door of NetApp or Sun and wanted a look around?

Joe
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