FW: Red Hat User Survey

[Jonathan Bartlett]

I just got it myself.  This may be something they are doing to decide
whether to give Red Hat a "buy" or "sell" rating.  My guess is that it's
spam.  Jordan Welu, who this survey is from, is one of the analysts
following Red Hat Software.  My guess is that it is not sanctioned by Red
Hat, but they probably snagged the addresses from watching the Red Hat
User's list.

Here is an article specifically mentioning Jordan Welu and First Albany
Capital giving ratings on Red Hat:

http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2004/03/22/daily20.html

Jon

On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, Ryan Golhar wrote:

> Which is partly why I'm asking.  I would expect the link to come from
> redhat.com, or the survey to be on redhat.com.
>
> I clicked on it (probably a mistake), and it did not go to redhat.com,
> or had anything to do with a redhat site.
>
> I've never heard of First Albany Capital, or Zoomerang...
>
> This sounds like the spam for Microsoft Security Updates that went out
> awhile ago...I just don't know how they got my work and home email
> address...
>
> Ryan
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Smith [mailto:bob at netprt.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 6:31 PM
> To: golharam at umdnj.edu; General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Cc: 'General Red Hat Linux discussion list'
> Subject: Re: FW: Red Hat User Survey
>
>
> >From the Survey introduction page, it's from a financial institution:
>
> Thank you for participating in First Albany Capital's survey of Red Hat
> users. First Albany Capital is an investment banking boutique focused on
> high growth sectors of the economy. We are conducting this survey of Red
> Hat users to better understand the dynamics of the rapidly evolving
> market for Linux software. At the end of this survey, you may choose to
> have the full results of this poll emailed directly to the address you
> provide. Individual responses will be kept confidential.
>
>
> -Bob
>
>
> > Is this for real?  Just got it...
> >
> > Ryan
> >
> >  -----Original Message-----
> > From: Red Hat Survey [mailto:jordan.welu at fac.com]
> > Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 6:01 PM
> > To:
> > Subject: Red Hat User Survey
> >
> >
> > Dear Red Hat user,
> >
> > We are surveying Red Hat users throughout the United States and
> > abroad, to measure their satisfaction with Red Hat and their
> > expectations for their use of Linux in the future. The survey is very
> > short - only 7 questions!
> >
> > At the end of this survey, you may choose to have the full results of
> > this poll emailed directly to the address you provide. Individual
> > responses will be kept confidential.
> >
> > Thank you. To begin the survey, please click on the link below.
> >
> > http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=U2465L3NYLK
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