hoax or bad taste joke by Redhat's CEO?

[LoBue, Mark]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Hearns [mailto:john.hearns at clustervision.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 10:31 AM
> To: 'fedora-list at redhat.com'
> Subject: RE: hoax or bad taste joke by Redhat's CEO?
> 
> 
> On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, LoBue, Mark wrote:
> 
> > Hey, I wasn't asking for a free program, just any program.  
> Macromedia won't
> > write it, Quicken won't write it.
> Politely - they WILL if there is a demand. Or someone else will.
> Think of Visicalc..
> 
> 
>   How could I possibly have the resources
> > to meet with the bank, get transaction download specs, etc. 
>  I'll pay for
> > Quicken for Linux, but I don't have the time to write that.  
> OK - but some Perl wizard might.
> http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2003/01/22/mechanize.html
> 
That is a good article, but, there is more detail in the direct Quicken
interface to the bank than online banking provides.  I'll give it some
thought.

-Mark