[BALUG-Admin] Fwd: No Cost to Attend - Register Today for CommunityOne 2008!

[jim]

   this is Sun-sponsored, Open-Solaris oriented, yes? 
if so, seems not Linux-oriented and therefore not 
appropriate for LUG announcements. 
   the Open-Solaris guy at LugRadio admitted that O-S 
is going head to head against Linux for backroom 
server space ("the desktop is too much Ubuntu's for 
us to try to compete there"). 


On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 07:25 -0700, Michael Paoli wrote:
> I think I'd agree and generally be inclined to ignore it.
> 
> It may be legit., but it's definitely on the spammy side.
> 
> Then again, could respond :->, ...
> 
> Thank you for RSVPing for the upcoming BALUG meeting.
> We look forward to seeing you there!
> 
> :-)
> 
> ... perhaps "their" "marketing" <cough, cough> algorithm is:
> at main web site, for first whitespace delimited string containing a single
> @ where domain resolves, send email to that address ... for name/title of
> organization, use the TITLE from the HEAD section of that HTML page.
> That algorithm would explain why that email address was used, and other
> contact email addresses weren't used, and why they refer to us precisely as
> Bay Area Linux Users Group (BALUG).
> 
> A trace of research on the domain seems to suggest it may have been sent
> by an "email marketing firm".  The From: address seems odd/fishy for a
> more legit. operation.  Complete headers might be "interesting", but the
> From:, To:, Subject:, body, and apparent algorithm speaks fairly well for
> itself ... it is what it is.  Other evidence also puts it towards the
> spammy side (e.g. the request to send/forward to lots of folks -
> "Just send" ... "to all of your members and urge them" ...).  If it was
> actually sent from Yahoo!, that would seem rather odd too ... but who
> knows (or cares).  The web site referred to in the email doesn't appear
> to be of quality construction - e.g. the "contact us" link at the top goes
> to a broken page ... all seems to be by the same "email marketing firm".
> 
> Quoting Andrew Fife <afife@untangle.com>:
> 
> > I don't intend to post this to balug-talk but wanted to put it out there in
> > case anyone else on balug-admin feels differently.  I do wonder if this is
> > spam because it was sent to rsvp@balug.org, which seems like a weird place
> > for a human to send this kind of announcement.  Also, its from a yahoo.com
> > address rather than a sun.com address, which could also be fishy.
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Forwarded Message -----
> > From: "Laura Lindstrom" <laura_lindstrom@yahoo.com>
> > To: rsvp@balug.org
> > Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 7:29:03 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
> > Subject: No Cost to Attend - Register Today for CommunityOne 2008!
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Attention Bay Area Linux Users Group (BALUG) : Reward Your Members With a
> > Night Out at Thirsty Bear Brewing Company in San Francisco! 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > The association or user group with the most members who register for and
> > attend CommunityOne on May 5 will win a $500 gift certificate for food and
> > beverage at Thirsty Bear. Just send your group’s exclusive registration
> > link (below), to all of your members and urge them to use it when registering
> > for CommunityOne. Registered members MUST attend in order to count towards
> > your group’s total number. The winning group will be notified at the end of
> > CommunityOne after all registrations and attendance has been tallied. 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Feel free to use the following email copy to communicate with your members
> > about the Conference and the contest. 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Please direct any questions to: Laura Lindstrom, laura_lindstrom@yahoo.com 
> > 
> > Good luck! 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > CommunityOne 
> > 
> > A free and open developer conference 
> > 
> > May 5, 2008 | The Moscone Center | San Francisco, CA 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > While the admission is FREE, space is limited! Register today with your
> > group’s exclusive priority link: 
> > 
> > https://www28.cplan.com/pgr/gr_form_builder.reg_login?icode=10178/1/96/en&iurl=6
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Advance your skills in 70+ sessions led by experts and contributors 
> > 
> > from more than 30 projects spanning the open source stack and powering the
> > Internet: 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > • Scripting and RIAs: PHP, AJAX, Python, Ruby, JavaScript, JavaFX, 
> > 
> > and jMaki 
> > 
> > • Tools: NetBeans, Eclipse, Subversion, and Others 
> > 
> > • Web 2.0 Applications: Social Networks, Mashups, and 
> > 
> > Web Services 
> > 
> > • Chip Design: OpenSPARC 
> > 
> > • Web-Scale Computing: HPC, SaaS, Utility/Cloud, OpenSSO, 
> > 
> > and Project Darkstar 
> > 
> > • Operating Systems: OpenSolaris and Linux Distributions 
> > 
> > • Web and Application Servers: GlassFish, Apache, and JBoss 
> > 
> > • Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Java DB 
> > 
> > • And more: Music, Robotics, ODF, OpenDS, OpenJDK, 
> > 
> > OpenOffice.org, Mobile and Embedded, and Strategy 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > PLAN TO STICK AROUND 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > You’ll also have complimentary access to the 2008 JavaOneSM conference
> > general sessions and Pavilion on Tuesday, May 6. 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Register Today – It’s FREE! 
> > 
> > developers.sun.com/events/communityone 
> > 
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