[ale] A little show of force?

[Jonathan Glass]

http://alt.cimedia.com/ajc/pdf/rates/retail/ajc_retail_ratebook_2003.pdf

I could contribute a dollar or $20.00.  I'm not sure how to read that rate
sheet, though it looks to me to be less than $300.00 for a one-time
full-page ad (black&white, which just happens to work fine for tux).

Jonathan Glass

> I'm in!
>
> Sorry, was that two words?
>
> I'm real in!
>
> On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 17:57, Hogg, Russell E wrote:
>
>>
>> Hmmm...
>>
>> How much does a one page one time add in the AJC cost...
>> Split across a hundred members of a mailing list..
>>
>> Probably still steep..
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: F. Grant Robertson [mailto:f.g.robertson at alexiongroup.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 1:18 PM
>> To: ale at ale.org
>> Subject: Re: [ale] A little show of force?
>>
>> Something, anything..  Please dear god in heaven. Anything to wake up
>> anyone in media. I don't know if a show is the idea, but couldn't we
>> all
>> start writing letters to local stations demanding that they at least
>> present the whole picture when talking about viruses?
>>
>> I just watched a 5 minute segment on Fox 5 news about SoBig. In 5
>> minutes, not _one_ _single_ _solitary_ _mention_ of the fact that only
>> Microsoft systems are vulnerable, no mention of business who use macs
>> or
>> linux being immune.. nothing. They didn't even use the *word*
>> microsoft
>> in the report. I really didn't think it was possible to do 5 minutes
>> on
>> it without using the word Microsoft, but they managed.
>>
>> I am consistently amazed at this. If *anything* else caused such
>> massive
>> disruption, the media would stand on it like a soapbox. Crikey, they
>> even did most of the report from the VA hospital, not a single mention
>> of the wasted tax dollars in productivity or IT overtime. I'm so fed
>> up
>> with this, and I know many of you are too.. what are we going to do
>> about it?
>>
>> Sigh, Linux needs a massive PR machine.
>> -G
>>
>>
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Jonathan Glass
Systems Support Specialist II
IBB/GTEC
W: 404-385-0127
C: 404-444-4086

-- 
Jonathan Glass
Systems Support Specialist II
IBB/GTEC
W: 404-385-0127
C: 404-444-4086
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