[ale] IBM sponsored Linux event at the Ga Aquarium - ALE invited

[Jim Kinney]

I have fond memories of the ad they produced with the little boy.
They've embraced Linux from early on and have employed many Linux
people, and ALErs in particular over the years (including myself).
On Thu, 2015-06-25 at 19:55 +0000, Lightner, Jeff wrote:
> I’m all for IBM presenting at ALE.   There’s a fair amount of hits on
> IBM sites for things Linux and it seemed they were encouraging its
> use for years even though they had AIX as their UNIX variant.
>  
>  
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
> Jim Kinney
> Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2015 3:48 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
> Subject: Re: [ale] IBM sponsored Linux event at the Ga Aquarium - ALE
> invited
>  
> IBM is willing to give an ALE talk or three at our regular meetings.
> They can talk about their, IBM, use of Linux in their, IBM, business.
> On Jun 25, 2015 3:36 PM, "Jim Lynch" <ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com>
> wrote:
> Maybe I'm exceptional thick today, but IBM is speaking for us?  And
> to whom does the "their" refer?  ALE or IBM?
> 
> Jim.
> 
> On 06/25/2015 03:05 PM, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> Well, if not "invited," automatically text-substituted and emailed
> (emphasis mine):
> 
> On 6/25/15 2:21 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> NOTE: IBM is interested is speaking *for ALE about the use of Linux
> in all of their business* and how they leverage their Linux expertise
> to support their customer base. Not as tech-heavy but a good use-case
> talk with maybe some networking.
>  
> 
> 
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